Oregon's Outdoor Recreation Initiative Video Encourages People to Get Outdoors

Oregon’s bountiful natural resources are a cornerstone of our legacy, our identity, and our economy. As an industry, outdoor recreation significantly impacts the well-being of Oregon’s economy, its communities, its residents and its natural resources. Developing a shared vision with a common agenda for how we focus our efforts to improve the outdoor recreation economy will ensure that our impacts are positive and inclusive of all.

This is the impetus for the Oregon Outdoor Recreation Initiative, a statewide effort to bring together businesses, agencies, land managers, conservation groups and recreational user groups around the goal of expanding access to outdoor recreation and increasing the economic impact and sustainability of Oregon’s outdoor recreation economy.
Watch the video here.  

Register for an Upcoming Travel Oregon 101 

The Travel Oregon 101 seminar is an informative dive into Oregon’s travel & tourism industry, designed to benefit visitor-related businesses, organizations and communities. Participants will come away with an increased knowledge of the many opportunities available through Travel Oregon and the network of local, regional, national and international industry partners.
This fall and winter, we will present the Travel Oregon 101 seminar in several cities around the state and will host a statewide webinar. Cities on the schedule include Cascade Locks, Tigard, Waldport, Pendleton, John Day and McMinnville. 
The next Travel Oregon 101 is Thursday, June 28 in Cascade Locks. 

Oregon Tourism Listening Sessions 

This spring, Travel Oregon, in partnership with Oregon’s seven regional destination management organizations (RDMOs), hosted ten Oregon Tourism Listening Sessions across the state. All tourism industry partners, including business owners, land managers, volunteers, nonprofits, policymakers and more, were invited to attend. More than 340 stakeholders participated in the sessions, sharing extensive input on a host of topics ranging from tourism challenges to asset opportunities.
Listening session findings will help shape the future of tourism in Oregon through Travel Oregon’s 2019-21 strategic plan, as well as each of the seven RDMOs’ Regional Tourism Plans.
The statewide listening session summary can be found here and regional summaries can be found here

IPW Recap 

As US Travel Association celebrated its 50th IPW in Denver, 2018 proved to be another successful event for Oregon and its 50 delegates.
With more than 400 trade and media appointments, Oregonians made a positive impact at the largest international tradeshow in the United States. Additionally, Team Oregon welcomed 350 clients and partners to the Taste of Oregon event at Urban Farmer Denver. This gave delegates the opportunity to meet and network with clients from key target markets.
Leads from IPW 2018 will soon be available.  Contact your RDMO to receive a copy. 

Wildfire Toolkit 

A Wildfire Toolkit has been developed on Travel Oregon's industry site to provide links to helpful resources for our partners and stakeholders. The safety of our residents and visitors is our first priority and it's important we're all providing consistent messaging regarding wildfires, closures and air quality. Please use this link as a resource as we prepare for potential wildfires around the state this summer. 

Travel Oregon: The Game Wins a Silver Lion at The Cannes Festival of Entertainment 

Travel Oregon receieved a Silver Award at this month's 65th Annual International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France for Travel Oregon: The Game, Travel Oregon's winter campaign. 
Read more about the award and other recipients, here

Upcoming Events
June 28, 2018
Cascade Locks, Ore. 

June 28, 2018
Cascade Locks, Ore.

July 11, 2018 
Sandy, Ore. 

July 18, 2018
Webinar

Aug. 1, 2018 
Webinar 
Travel Oregon 101

Aug. 11-14, 2018
Phoenix, Ariz.
ESTO 

Aug. 27-30, 2018
Statewide

Sept. 11-13, 2018
Pendleton, Ore.
 
Deadlines
June 30, 2018



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