Annual Iowa Tourism Conference reconvenes again

DES MOINES, Iowa — Governor Kim Reynolds kicked off the Iowa Tourism Convention for 2022. It is a gathering of tourism sights and the individuals who run them to speak about methods to raised promote Iowa as a vacation spot.

“So let’s simply begin with the primary ever MLB sport on the Subject of Goals final 12 months was a dream come true for our state,” mentioned Reynolds. “What an unbelievable alternative to showcase Iowa to thousands and thousands of individuals, essentially the most seen MLB common season sport since 2005.”

Reynolds additionally touted a current announcement she made for a $100 million greenback funding in Iowa Tourism with a brand new program referred to as Vacation spot Iowa. That cash is supplied completely by the restoration and stimulus measure signed into legislation by President Joe Biden.

‘Two weeks in the past I introduced vacation spot Iowa $100 million funding to assist communities transfer ahead with transformational, shovel-ready tasks,” mentioned Reynolds. “Vacation spot Iowa will  empower extra communities that dream huge to observe go well with.”

Reynolds mentioned the state is launching a brand new program to speculate cash to encourage folks to fulfill in Iowa. They’ve additionally launched a Sports activities Tourism effort to advertise staff sports activities to come back to Iowa. She mentioned the numbers of individuals visiting the state are going up.

“An estimated 41. 3 million adults visited Iowa in 2021 highway journeys and resort motel tax income income checks are out now outpacing pre-pandemic ranges and persons are discovering Iowa,” mentioned Reynolds.

The Governor mentioned the state is working to extend inventory video and photographs of Iowa from all 4 season. She additionally spoke a few collection of movies referred to as the Soul of Iowa.

“I additionally wish to say how excited I’m concerning the Soul of Iowa video collection premiering this night on the Hoyt Sherman Place., mentioned Reynolds. “You’ll discover it showcases the state from a wholly recent perspective that units Iowa aside from different state tourism campaigns.”