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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 15, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~-~ <br />SUBJECT: National Tourism Week <br />DEPARTMENT: Visitor's Bureau <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />Background on History of National <br />Tourism Week <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Joe Blake, 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 10 - 18 as National 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" to <br />celebrate a great nation, its vistas, its heroes, its culture and its heritage. <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 National Tourism Week <br />Promotion. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The costs for materials for this activity are included in the Visitor's <br />Bureau's 2002-2003 fiscal year budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board proclaim the week of May <br />10 - 18, 2003 as National Tourism Week in Orange County, and authorize the Chair to sign the <br />proclamation on behalf of the Board. <br />