In this issue:
- It’s National Travel and Tourism Week
- Reminder to Apply: Restaurant Revitalization Fund
- Draft 2021-2023 Strategic Plan & Budget Open for Public Comment
- Why Guides Registry Extended Through 2021
- Travel Oregon Announces $2.4 Million in Grant Funding
Upcoming Virtual Events
- May 7, Pandemic Finance 101: Portals to Recovery
- May 11, Oregon Tourism Commission Meeting
- May 11 & 12, Adapting to the Era of Megafires
- May 13, Crisis to Opportunity: Building Back the Tourism Workforce, U.S. Travel
- May 20, New Key Data and How to Capitalize This Summer
- May 25, Gorge Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Summit
- June 1, OTIS Training
- June 15, Oregon Tourism Commission Meeting
- June 15-16, 2021 Oregon Governor’s Conference on Tourism
- June 16, Stakeholder Workshop: A Transformational Strategy for Oregon Tourism
Upcoming Deadlines
- Why Guides Registration, extended through Dec. 2021
- Feedback on draft 2021-23 regional strategic plans, due May 3
- Cultural Trust Cultural Development Program Applications, due May 7
- Preserving Oregon Grants Applications, due May 12
- Oregon Outdoor Recreation Summit Session Proposals, due June 4
- Oregon Heritage Grants Applications, due Oct. 2021
Research & Reports
- COVID-19 Data Report (May 3)
- Statewide Lodging Monthly Report (March 2021)
- Statewide Lodging Weekly Report (April 18)
- Oregon Monthly Barometer (March 2021)
- Snow Sports Industries America Participation Study (2019-2020)
- Golf and Golf Tourism Economic Impacts (2019)
- U.S. Travel’s Fact Sheet: Travel’s Dramatic Losses in 2020
- Agritourism and On-Farm Direct Sales Survey: Results for the U.S.
- The Economic Impact of the Wine and Wine Grape Industries on the Oregon Economy 2019 and 2020 Estimated
- Oregon Outdoor Recreation Economic Impact Study
- 2020 Oregon Tourism Workforce Assessment
- Destinations International COVID-19 Resources & Research
- COVID-19 Travel Industry Monitor
- Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2021 by Euromonitor International