Talk Tourism To Me
These are our favorite type of visitors.
What are overnight visitors?
This assessment is quietly paid by visitors and powers tourism work across the Tri-Cities.
What is TPA?
We booked almost 150 of these in 2025… but who’s counting?
What are meetings & sporting events?
Many visitors leave the Tri-Cities thinking this, and it’s our favorite compliment.
What is "there's more here than I expected"?
Visit Tri-Cities partnered with this organization to offer tourism workforce development.
What is WSU Tri-Cities?
This stat blends room rate and occupancy to show how hotels are really doing.
What is RevPAR?
This is what hotels gain when Visit Tri-Cities does its job well.
What are room nights?
This national cycling event showcased that Tri-Cities has more outdoor offerings than many realize.
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 group 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?
When visitors eat, shop, stay, and explore, we call the result this.
What is economic impact?
This marketing channel delivered millions of impressions by meeting people where they already scroll.
What is social media?
Discovering what's in you starts with this simple feeling.
What is curiosity?
This committee supports preservation and programming tied to national history.
What is the Tri-Cities National Park Committee?
This is the kind of media coverage that makes our marketing budget very happy.
What is earned media?
This financial cushion helps keep the organization steady year to year.
What are reserves?
Visit Tri-Cities completed a significant portion of this long term plan in 2025.
What is the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan?
This is usually the first stop for visitors who say, “So… what should we do?”
What is the Visitor Center?
Most of Visit Tri-Cities’ biggest wins depend on this.
What is collaboration?
What's the hip new(ish) term used to describe organizations like Visit Tri-Cities?
What is DMO (Destination Marketing Organization)?
This is the type of funding Visit Tri-Cities competes for to support marketing and events.
What are grants?
This country wins the award for both longest travel distance and tallest IRONMAN athlete.
What is South Africa?
Discovering what’s in you often leads visitors to do this before they even leave town.
What is planning their next visit?
Expanding this venue helps ensure the Tri-Cities can keep saying “yes” to bigger and better meetings.
What is the Three Rivers Convention Center?