Portland Region
Visitors spend $5.3 billion in the Portland Region, which leads to the direct employment of 36,100 locals.
Like its monikers, Portland is pretty unique. It has world-renowned chefs and hundreds of food carts; art in theaters and outside on the street; the world’s largest independent bookstore and highest concentration of craft breweries; a huge urban forest; and a bridge reserved for bicyclists. This isn’t your typical city. If Portland wasn’t so different, it wouldn’t be Portland.
Looking for more? Get to know your local Destination Management Organization (DMO) and learn about the Regional Cooperative Tourism Program.
Portland Region Dashboard
Regional Cooperative Tourism Program
RDMOs recognized by Travel Oregon develop and submit regional plan proposals for use of state dollars. By leveraging state dollars along with private and public resources, the RDMO’s work with Travel Oregon to bolster Oregon’s tourism economy. For more information on the Portland Region-specific regional plan, view the dashboard.
View the dashboard“Travel brings different cultures, different people, different ideas together and exposes us to things we couldn’t imagine. Travel makes our airport work. It’s a combination of people traveling for business, people visiting friends and family, and tourists who are coming to Oregon or going around the world to see places.”
David Zielke, Director of Air Service Development, Port of Portland
Regional Tourism Plan Details
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