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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 3, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6_1j <br />SUBJECT: See America Week/National Tourism Week <br />DEPARTMENT: Visitor's Bureau PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />Background Information on See America <br />Week/National Tourism Week <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Patty Griffin, Communications Manager, <br />Visitor's Bureau, 968-2060 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of May 7 through 15, 2005 as See America Week/National <br />Tourism Week in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: National Tourism Week was established in 1983 when the U.S, Congress <br />passed a joint resolution designating the week to be celebrated in May 1984. The travel, <br />tourism, hospitality and recreation industries' contribution to the nation's social, cultural and <br />economic well-being is certainly meaningful. The message to travelers is to See America,,,Now <br />More Than Ever, America is more than adestination -it's an experience, <br />The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Board made the decision to increase <br />awareness of the impact of tourism with local residents through a See America Week/National <br />Tourism Week Promotion.. The Visitors Bureau encourages all to See Orange County. <br />Patty Griffin, the Visitors Bureau Communications Manager, will present at the meeting. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board proclaim the week of May <br />7 through 15, 2005 as See America Week/National Tourism Week in Orange County, and <br />authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation on behalf of the Board. <br />