Legal Status
Travel and Tourism Administration
The goal of the Office of Travel & Tourism Industries (OTTI) is to enhance the international competitiveness of the U.S. travel and tourism industry and increase its exports, thereby creating U.S. employment and economic growth.
The primary functions of OTTI are to manage the travel and tourism statistical system for assessing the economic contribution of the industry and provide the sole source for characteristic statistics on international travel to and from the United States; design and administer export expansion activities, develop and manage tourism policy, strategy and advocacy; and provide technical assistance for expanding international tourism and assist in domestic economic development.
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Source:
http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/about/index.html
- Parent Agency
- Commerce Department
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Removal of CFR Chapter
The Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 did not include funding for the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration. Some functions that are directly linked to tourism and trade are being established in the International Trade Administration, and no further funding is required. Therefore, the United States Travel and...
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Disaster Relief Tourism Promotion Financial Assistance; Financial Assistance for Projects To Promote International Tourism to Specified States Whose International Tourism Promotion Needs Have Increased Due to Specified Disasters
This notice invites applications for an award of disaster relief tourism promotion financial assistance, and establishes and sets forth application and selection procedures, evaluation criteria, and other requirements.
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Financial Assistance To Support Tourism Trade Development in Midwest States Affected by the Widespread Flooding of 1993
Financial assistance funding in the amount of $3 million is available from the USTTA to the nine States of the midwest affected by the major, widespread flooding of 1993, to assist in promoting tourism within the United States and from the contiguous Canadian market. These funds are intended to defray the costs of increased tourism promotion...