Talk Tourism To Me
When visitors eat, shop, stay, and explore, we call the financial result this.
What is Economic Impact?
Representative Barnard is sponsoring a bill to remove the sunset clause on this type of funding.
What is TPA?
Visit Tri-Cities Sales team booked almost 150 of these in 2025… but who’s counting?
What are meetings & sporting events?
The 2025 Kris Watkins Tourism Champion Award was presented to.
Wh is Vijay Patel with A1 Hospitality?
Visit Tri-Cities partnered with this organization to offer tourism workforce development in 2025.
What is WSU Tri-Cities?
This stat blends room rate and occupancy to show how hotels are really doing.
What is RevPAR?
Visit Tri-Cities is supported by these 3 funding sources
What are TPA, Lodging Tax, and Sponsorships?
This national cycling event with athletes as young as 3 showcased a Tri-Cities Venue that most locals don't know about.
What is the USA BMX Lumberjack Nationals?
This annual national celebration highlights why tourism matters in the community.
What is National Travel and Tourism Week?
This committee helps guide how tourism dollars are invested at the city level.
What are Lodging Tax Advisory Committees?
This hotel stat answers the question, “Are rooms actually full… or nah?”
What is occupancy?
What is $1.76mil?
This marketing channel delivered millions of impressions by meeting people where they already scroll.
What is social media?
The five key pillars of VTC operations include Strategic Sales, Effective Marketing, Collaborative Destination Development, Proactive Community Engagement and _________.
What is Innovative & Meaningful Operations?
This committee supports preservation and programming tied to national history.
What is the Tri-Cities National Park Committee?
Media coverage inspired by a VTC press release is called this.
What is earned media?
TPA Funds make up this percentage of Visit Tri-Cities budget.
What is 70%?
The Visit Tri-Cities team completed a over 40% of this long term plan in 2025.
What is the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan?
This hotel property was honored with the 2025 Excellence in Service Award.
What is Home2 Suites by Hilton Richland?
PNNL may be the largest single employer in the Tri-Cities, but the tourism sector gives them a run for its money by employing this many people in our community.
What is about 5900?
DMO might sound like another government acronym, but in tourism it actually stands for this.
What is Destination Marketing Organization?
In 2026 VTC revenues are projected to be this amount.
What is $3.7 mil?
This country wins the award for both longest travel distance and tallest IRONMAN athlete.
What is South Africa?
The VTC mission is to _______ transformational growth in the Tri-Cities through tourism.
What is Fuel?
Expanding this venue helps ensure the Tri-Cities can keep saying “yes” to bigger and better meetings.
What is the Three Rivers Convention Center?