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Georgia tourism creates a total economic impact
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2009 Governor's Conference

If you are looking to promote your attraction, event or activity in Georgia, make sure your information is posted on our consumer travel site: www.exploregeorgia.org. Learn how to submit your listing for approval, edit an existing listing, post your venue photos, special offers and much, much, more in our Georgia Partner database.

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The Peach Byte is a monthly email newsletter to tourism partners that allows the GDEcD’s Tourism Division to efficiently and effectively communicate with the Georgia’s tourism industry. The Peach Byte will include helpful industry information, valuable resources and news items from around the state.

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2010 Tourism Day at the Capitol

Explore Georgia - Georgia's Official Tourism Website

The tourism industry gathered for the 2010 Tourism Day at the Capitol on Tuesday, January 27 to celebrate the significant role tourism plays in Georgia’s economy. The tourism industry presented a check representing the $850.6 million in state tax revenue generated from tourism-related expenditures. Tourism is the state’s second-largest industry, providing 241,500 jobs and $6.9 billion in resident wages.

The new 2010 annual Georgia Travel Guide was also unveiled to the industry. The 2010 Travel Guide features the Okefenokee Swamp at Stephen C. Foster State Park on the cover. This full-color, magazine-size guide provides visitors with information on hundreds of Georgia cities, towns, attractions and accommodations. 750,000 guides are distributed through Visitor Information Centers, www.ExploreGeorgia.org, travel and trade shows and 1-800-VISIT GA. The Georgia Department of Economic Development partners with Emmis Custom Publishing, (publisher of Atlanta Magazine), on the Georgia Travel Guide each year. For a look at this year’s Tourism Day at the Capitol newspaper, click here. (PDF)

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Tourism Industry News and Events

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  • Coweta and LaGrange Named Host Cities of State’s Travel Media Marketplace Event - Event Set to Take Place... more »
  • 3/10/2010 - 3/14/2010: ITB - Berlin Travel Trade Show more »
  • 3/11/2010: Historic Heartland Travel Assocation Board Meeting more »

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