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The U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation program invested $750 million in  American Rescue Plan  funding to support communities across the country whose economies were hard hit by damage to these sectors from the COVID-19 pandemic. With funding going to every state and territory across 185 awards, EDA’s investments are rebuilding the travel and tourism sector and creating a more equitable, competitive, and resilient industry.

Learn more about the Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation grantees by exploring the  American Rescue Plan Impact Map .

The Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation program is divided into two components:

• State Tourism Grants:  $510 million in direct awards to help states quickly invest in marketing, infrastructure, workforce and other projects to rejuvenate safe leisure, business and international travel.
• Competitive Grants:  $240 million to help communities that have been hardest hit by challenges facing the travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation sectors to invest in infrastructure, workforce, or other projects to support the recovery of the industry and economic resilience of the community in the future.

Each state or territory is utilizing its directly allocated funds to engage in activities that best support their travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation sectors. These activities include but are not limited to workforce training, new construction or upgrades to existing tourism infrastructure, tourism marketing and promotion, and tourism-related economic planning. The competitive grant program is distributed across 126 awards to support communities across the country as they rebuild and strengthen their travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation sectors. The competitive funding is expected to generate $1.1 billion in private investment and to create or save 10,291 jobs , according to grantee estimates. This program was designed to prioritize equity, and as a result, more than 50% of competitive awards are expected to directly benefit historically underserved communities and populations. In addition, $29.3 million across 12 awards is supporting coal communities and $21.2 million across 9 awards is supporting Indigenous communities.

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Functions of Kenya Tourism Fund

In this post, we will have a look at the functions of the Kenya Tourism Fund. This is a government corporation that was established under the Tourism Act of  2011. It’s mandated to mobilize resources to finance the development of a sustainable tourism industry in Kenya. Its head office is located along Valley Road at the Tourism Fund Building.

Kenya Tourism Fund succeeded the Catering and Tourism Development Levy Trustees which had been operation since 1972.

1. It collects the tourism levy imposed under the Tourism Act of  2011. The levy is charged at the rate of 2% on the gross sales derived from the sale of accommodation, food, drinks, and all other services offered in scheduled establishments.e hotels and restaurants.

2. Establishes, equips, and controls tourism and hospitality training institutions upon approval by the cabinet secretary of Tourism.

3. Formulates sound policies for the regulation and management of the Tourism Fund.

4. Solicits for funds and other assistance to promote the object for which the Fund was established.

5. Determines the amounts of money payable for the purposes of the Tourism Fund and formulate the conditions for disbursement.

6. Invests any surplus funds not immediately required in securities approved by the Treasury, for the purposes of realizing the objects and purpose for which the Fund was established.

7. Establishes a tourism training revolving fund.

8. It keeps and maintains audited accounts of the Fund and publish the accounts in the manner approved by the Treasury.

9. Receives any gifts, donations, grants, or endowments made to the  Fund, and to make legitimate disbursements.

10. It keeps all proper books and records of account of the income, expenditure, assets, and liabilities of the Fund.

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The Tourism Equity Fund (TEF) is a  fund established by the Department of Tourism (DT) in collaboration with private sector banking institutions in line with the existing B-BBEE legislation to be implemented by sefa on behalf of DT.  

The TEF offers a blended finance support in the form of a loan from sefa and any other strategic financiers; and a grant funding from DT.

OBJECTIVES:

-         To promote growth and transformation in line with the Tourism BBBEE sector codes  

-         To address the funding challenges faced by enterprises in the tourism sector

-         To stimulate job creation in the sector  

APPLICATION PROCESS:

STAGE 1: APPLICATION

• Applicants must complete and submit an application online through the sefa website www.sefa.o​rg.za  for the grant and /or loan component ( sefa loan limited to R15m); and may also apply for a loan component to any other financier of choice.  
• Please note that applicants must meet the application requirements of the respective financiers chosen.

STAGE 2: PRE-SCREENING

• Applicants will be screened against the qualifying criteria and eligibility. Applicants who meet pre-screening will proceed to a full due diligence. At this stage, the feasibility of the application will be evaluated.

STAGE 3 : DUE DILIGENCE:

• At the due diligence stage, all applications will be assessed for financial viability, growth, and sustainability. Processes, systems, and capabilities will be tested against the supporting documentation. After this stage subject to a successful due diligence process, applications will be considered for approval. Application approvals will be limited to the availability of the funds.

FUNDING FOCUS AREAS:

• Accommodation: This encompasses establishments like hotels; resort properties, bed and breakfast (B&B), guesthouses, game lodges, resorts, and backpacker facilities.
• Hospitality and Related Services: This category includes conference and convention venues that are significantly tied to accommodation facilities, restaurants and professional catering. Privately owned attractions within well-established tourism hubs are also eligible for consideration.
• Travel and related Services: These comprise of tour wholesalers, tour operators, travel agents, tourist guides and car rental companies, and couch operators.
• Other Tourism related initiatives: The Tourism Equity Fund is open to enterprises within the Tourism Sector and all parts of the value chain as prescribed in the Tourism B-BBEE Sector Code.

All applicants (including previous applicants) are encouraged to submit new applications to align with the new qualifying criteria of the TEF

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Grant program launched to support sustainable tourism initiatives across Summit County

By logan stefanich, ksl.com | posted - march 28, 2024 at 4:33 p.m., the park city chamber of commerce and visitors bureau is launching a second-annual grant program to help fund programs and initiatives that will support summit county's sustainable tourism plan. (jeffrey d. allred, deseret news).

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PARK CITY — The Park City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau is, for the second year, launching a grant program for programs and initiatives that support sustainable tourism in the area.

Summit County's Sustainable Tourism Plan was developed in 2022 and this is the second year officials have announced funding for it.

"We created a sustainable tourism plan for the community of Park City and Summit County, and it's basically a long-range plan that's designed to balance a thriving tourism economy with all of the social and environmental pressures that come along with it; and making sure we're supporting the social and environmental needs of an area that does have such a robust tourism economy," said Morgan Mingle, director of sustainable tourism at Park City Chamber and Visitors Bureau.

The grant program allows applicants to request up to $30,000 to fund eligible sustainable tourism projects. Mingle said the rationale behind the grant is to support small businesses and departments that are part of larger businesses, to increase sustainability practices or create new initiatives.

These projects and initiatives across the tourism industry can include community-building festivals and events, outdoor recreation, businesses and business districts.

Mingle said one example from the program last year was the development of a website showing the status of trails throughout Summit County.

"I think locals had a hard time of knowing what organization was managing what trail and what website you should go to if you wanted to check those conditions, and now they're all feeding into the backend of one website. And I think it's a really great example of stepping back, recognizing that the way we were communicating that information might've been confusing and just cutting through the noise and saying 'OK, let's all work together, let's build one website that we can send people to,'" Mingle said.

In total, last year's grant awarded 24 recipients (of 42 applicants) with funding for sustainable tourism projects.

The Park City Chamber and Visitors Bureau appoints a committee to vet applications and score the submissions based on a standardized rubric. Grants are awarded based on application scores, availability of grant funding and final approval from the Park City Chamber and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.

Aside from environmental sustainability, Mingle said the grant is also focused on funding social sustainability initiatives and elevating local culture. Last year's grant helped fund the Latino Arts Festival and a film series hosted by Park City Film highlighting the culture of eastern Summit County.

"Protecting and caring for our natural environment is essential for promoting sustainable outdoor recreation, ensuring the long-term resilience of our community and economy," said Jennifer Wesselhoff, president and CEO at the Park City Chamber and Visitors Bureau. "Through the Sustainable Tourism Grant, qualifying organizations are given the opportunity to embark on a transformative journey toward a more mindful and sustainable approach to tourism, thus making sustainable tourism efforts a communitywide effort."

Mingle said the chamber encourages small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as nonprofit organizations, to apply for the grant.

Applications for the grant are now open and will close on April 24. Applications can be submitted here.

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy expanded slowly in February with growth in the service sector and an increase in tourist arrivals offseting a fall in exports from the previous month, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said on Friday.

Thailand recorded a current account surplus of $2 billion in February, after a deficit of $0.2 billion in the previous month, the BOT said.

There have been 8.73 million foreign tourist arrivals in Thailand this year up to March 24, up 44% year-on-year, with visitors from China reaching 1.63 million, tourism ministry data showed.

The government is aiming for a record of 40 million foreign visitors this year following the 28 million in 2023.

The economy in March will be helped by tourism, but export recovery and industrial manufacturing will have to be closely monitored, Assistant Governor Chayawadee Chai-Anant told a briefing.

The BOT is monitoring the global economic recovery, government spending and economic stimulus measures, she added.

Southeast Asia's second-largest economy unexpectedly shrank 0.6% in the final quarter of 2023 from the third, with full-year growth at 1.9%, lower than the 2.5% growth in 2022.

Last month, the central bank lowered its 2024 growth outlook to 2.5%-3.0% from 3.2%.

Car production in regional autos hub Thailand fell 19.28% in February from a year earlier, largely due to a decline in production of pickup trucks and more imported electric vehicles (EVs), a local industry group said.

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Despite government pressure to ease policy, the BOT last month left its key interest rate unchanged at 2.50%, the highest in more than a decade, in a split vote. It will next review monetary policy on April 10.

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Suffolk hotel tax revenue, up 53%, to fund tourism promotion, convention center

A view looking east from Kirk Park Beach in Montauk on Oct. 12, 2023. The Montauk ZIP code generated more than $4.6 million in hotel-motel tax revenue last year, the most of any other areas in Suffolk County. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Revenue from a tax on hotel stays in Suffolk County — money that is used to promote the region as a tourism destination —  increased by 53% after the county nearly doubled the tax last year.

Collections from the 5.5% per-night tax on hotel stays and homeshare rentals brought in $21,555,345 in 2023, up from $14,088,391 the previous year, when the tax was 3%.

The Suffolk County Legislature  approved raising the tax last April, largely to increase the amount of money given to a regional tourism agency and to provide a stable revenue source for a planned convention center that would be Long Island's first. The tax increase, signed by former County Executive Steve Bellone, went into effect in June and is levied in addition to Suffolk’s 8.623% sales tax.

The Montauk ZIP code brought in the most hotel-motel tax revenue: $4,653,241 in 2023, up from $3,503,701 the previous year.  

While most of the revenue comes from the East End, where the highest-priced hotels are located, other top ZIP codes include Melville, with $1,177,323, up from $859,241 in 2022; and Hauppauge, with $1,047,835, up from $642,184.

Here’s how the additional funds will be used:

The county has raised the amount of annual funds it provides to the nonprofit tourism promotion group Discover Long Island from $2 million to $6 million. The additional funds allowed the organization, whose entire annual revenue was $3.5 million in 2022, to expand its marketing and hire more support staff, according to executive director Kristen Reynolds.

“We have been grossly underfunded for decades,” Reynolds said. “And so we have a lot of catching up to do.”

The organization plans to add marketing in cities like Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Boston and potentially in “long-haul” markets like Atlanta. 

“The goal is always to have the visitors that are going to stay longer and spend more money as opposed to day-trippers and people that come and have more of a burden on your infrastructure or your quality of life," she said.

Of the revenue collected, $17,250,000 is committed to various agencies and regions, including the $6 million to Discover Long Island, $3.25 million to Suffolk parks and $1.25 million to the Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion and Planetarium in Centerport. The remaining money is allotted for the recently created Suffolk County Infrastructure Fund, which will be used to build a convention center in Ronkonkoma, part of a $2.8 billion redevelopment project known as Midway Crossing.

“It is a way for Long Island to get into the association and convention business, which we've never been able to before, while other much smaller communities like Syracuse and Albany and Hartford and Buffalo have convention centers and attract a sizable amount of business,” said Mitch Pally, chairman of the Midway Crossing project’s nonprofit local development corporation board and chairman of the board of Discover Long Island.

The convention center is expected to cost about $300 million, and the tax revenue will fund construction bond payments, Pally said. Officials are hoping construction will begin in 2025, he said.

A December study from global consulting firm HVS, commissioned by the county and Discover Long Island, estimates the convention center could generate $88.6 million in annual economic impact.

Heywood Sanders, a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio who has studied convention centers for 25 years, said consultants often overestimate their economic benefit. He noted the HVS study estimated that 150,000 of the 259,000 annual attendees would be for consumer shows, which often do not attract out-of-town visitors.

“It doesn't necessarily play out the way folks say it will,” Sanders said. “It is not uncommon for convention centers to do, in terms of hotel room nights or convention attendance, less than half of the business that consultants forecast.”

Suffolk last year began contracting with international government software provider Granicus to find people who rent homes on Airbnb and other websites and notify them of the tax, which also applies to vacation home rentals. The software uses A.I. technology and employees to determine which properties are available for rent and notifies the property owner that they must pay the tax.

As a result, Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy said the number of owners paying the tax has increased from 2,400 to about 3,400.

Kennedy, who said his office does not have the staff to find vacation home rentals and enforce payment of the tax, said there may be less expensive solutions than Granicus' $269,000 annual fee for the service. 

Granicus representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

WHAT TO KNOW

• Revenue from a tax on hotel stays in Suffolk County increased by 53% after the county raised the tax from 3% per night to 5.5% last year.
• The county has used the revenue to increase the amount of annual funds it provides to the tourism promotion group Discover Long Island from $2 million to $6 million.
• The rest of the revenue will go to county parks, museums, airports, historical sites and a planned convention center in Ronkonkoma.

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Tax revenue beneficiaries

• $6 million per year to a not-for-profit tourism promotion agency
• Cultural institutions in Brookhaven, Smithtown, Islip, Huntington and Babylon will receive $1 million. Institutions in the five East End towns of Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southold, Southampton and East Hampton will receive $1 million
• $250,000 goes to cultural grant programs administered by the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning
• $1.25 million per year for the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion and Planetarium in Centerport
• $250,000 per year for the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center in Huntington Station
• $1 million for other museums and historical societies, residences and birthplaces
• $250,000 to promote filming in Suffolk County
• $2.5 million per year to maintain historic sites
• $3.25 million for Suffolk County parks
• $250,000 for a Long Island regional airport and $250,000 for an East End tourism agency
• Remaining revenue is put in the Suffolk County Infrastructure Fund which benefits the convention center

Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. She joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.

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A new floor sign system at the Moscow metro's Pushkinskaya station. Source: Vladimir Pesnya / RIA Novosti

For many years now, Moscow has lagged behind St. Petersburg when it comes to making life easy for tourists, especially where getting around the city is concerned. Whereas the northern capital installed English-language maps, signs and information points throughout its subway system in the late 2000s, the Russian capital’s metro remained a serious challenge for foreign visitors to navigate.

Recent visitors to Moscow may have noticed some signs that change is afoot, however. In many stations of the Moscow subway, signs have appeared on the floor – with large lettering in Russian and English – indicating the direction to follow in order to change lines. Previously, foreign visitors using the Moscow metro had to rely solely upon deciphering the Russian-language signs hanging from the ceilings.

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However, this new solution has a significant drawback. “The floor navigation is visible only to a small stream of people – fewer than three people per meter. During peak hours, this navigation will simply not be noticed,” said Konstantin Trofimenko, Director of the Center for Urban Transportation Studies.

One of the biggest problems for tourists in the Russian capital remains the absence of English translations of the names of subway stations in the station vestibules and on platforms. The Department of Transportation in Moscow has not commented yet as to when this problem will be solved. However, Latin transliterations of station names can already be found in the subway cars themselves.

Finding the right exit

At four of the central stations – Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Lubyanka and Kuznetsky Most – the city authorities have now installed colorful stands at the exits with schematic diagrams of the station’s concourse and surrounding area, which provide information about the main attractions and infrastructural facilities.

The schematic diagrams are the work of British specialists from the City ID and Billings Jackson Design firms, who have already implemented successful projects in New York and London.

According to Alexei Novichkov, expert at the Design Laboratory at the Higher School of Economics, the design of these information booths raises no objections: The color solutions, font, layout and icons are consistent with international standards.

However, the stands do have some shortcomings. “Many questions are raised about the fact that the developers of these maps did not apply orientation to the north, and have provided layouts of the surrounding areas with respect to the exits,” says Novichkov. “A system like that is used for road navigators, but most of the ‘paper’ guides and maps are oriented strictly to north. The subway map is also oriented to north, so people may become confused.”

Muscovites and foreign visitors are generally positive about these navigation elements, with most of them citing the numbered exits from the subway as the most useful feature.

The fact is that many Moscow subway stations have several exits. One of the busiest central stations of the Moscow subway in particular, Kitay-Gorod, has more than a dozen exits. Previously, these exits were differentiated from each other only with signs in Russian referring to the names of streets and places of interest to which they led – making it easy for tourists and those with poor navigation skills to get confused.

Now, when making an appointment to meet a friend, instead of struggling to find the right spot when they tell you: “I'll meet you at the exit to Solyanka Street,” you can just propose to meet under a specific exit number.

“I’ve lived in Moscow for seven years,” says Angelika, a designer from Voronezh, “but I still don’t always know where to go to find the place I need, so the new schematic diagrams will be very useful. Previously, some subway stations had maps, but not with so much detail.”

Teething problems

Foreigners, meanwhile, focus their attention on other elements. “It is good that the new information boards have QR-codes, which can be ‘read’ by smartphones,” says Florentina, a writer from Vienna. But there are also shortcomings. “The English font of the information on posters and in the captions to theaters and museums is too small – you have to come very close to see it well,” she says.

Pleasant encounters on the streets of Moscow

Florentina was also dissatisfied with the fact that such posters are not provided at all subway stations: “When I was trying to find Tsaritsyno Park (a museum and reserve in the south of Moscow) at a subway station with the same name, it turned out to be quite difficult,” she says.

“There are no maps with landmarks for other areas, such as those already in the city center. There were no clear pointers in the English language, and the passers-by I met did not speak in English, so they could not help me,” she adds.

Officials say that the navigation system is gradually being redeveloped and improved. According to Darya Chuvasheva, a press representative for the Department of Transport of Moscow, the introduction of a unified navigation system will take place in stages.

“By the end of 2014, the system will first appear on the first subway stations on the Circle Line. By the end of 2015, we plan to install the system at all major stopping points, subway stations and transport interchange hubs,” says Chuvasheva.

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HospitaBull, the elegant dining experience, prepared and served by students at the University of South Florida, raised over $100,000 to support scholarships and programs in USF’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The twelfth annual event took place on Tuesday, March 26, at award-winning restaurateur and wine professional Michael Klauber's renowned Sarasota supper club, Michael's on East.

In addition to providing USF alumni and friends with an opportunity to support scholarships and programs in USF Sarasota-Manatee's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, HospitaBull allows students to work closely with a team of culinary professionals and gain valuable hands-on training.  

On Tuesday night, the students prepared and served hors d’oeuvres and a three course meal, including a choice of oven roasted chicken, spiced chateau of beef tenderloin and vegan tikki masala.

Cihan Cobanoglu, dean of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, said the annual event “plays a crucial role in empowering students by providing financial resources, ensuring they are equipped with the tools needed to excel in their careers.”

“I am full of gratitude,” said Rachel Pisano, a graduate student in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management who addressed the audience during the event. “Gratitude for the opportunities I've been afforded, gratitude for the relationships I've forged, and gratitude for unwavering support of those who have walked alongside me every step of the way.”

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The event raised over $100,000.

To learn more about the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, visit usf.edu/business/schools/hospitality-tourism-management .

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