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8. Developing tourism

Sources of information. Information can be collected from several sources. These include:
• telephone directory

• chambers of commerce
• local historical societies
• area historian
• state tourist and travel offices
• people in the various tourist industries

• local elected officials and regional planning and development staff 18
Collecting such information requires leadership from the appropriate national, state or provincial leadership
and a coordinated effort throughout the region. At the local level this might be coordinated by representatives of the
local chamber of commerce, people in businesses associated with tourism, or elected officials.

18 Creating Economic Growth and Jobs Through Travel and Tourism (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government

Printing Office, 1981), P. 34.

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