Yesterday, Governor Kate Brown announced new statewide outdoor mask requirements to help stop the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. Effective Friday, August 27, masks will be required in most public outdoor settings, including large outdoor events, where physical distancing is not possible, and regardless of vaccination status. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) also strongly recommends masking for outdoor gatherings at private residences when individuals from different households do not consistently maintain physical distance.

If you missed the recent Racial Equity for Restaurants workshop, you can view key takeaways here.

Travel Oregon is seeking a strategic partner to develop and implement a Visitor Profile Study to inform our destination development and marketing strategies based on visitors’ travel preferences, motivations and experiences. We are planning to conduct a quarterly study to understand the profile of domestic overnight and day visitors for Oregon and its tourism regions. This study will establish benchmarks for a range of metrics including past, current, and future Oregon visitors’ characteristics, perceptions and behavior. View previous statewide visitor profile studies here and the regional studies here. Our goal is to conduct the study this fall on a quarterly basis to establish seasonal trends for visitor profile and personas by Oregon tourism regions and statewide.