Tourism: Seattle
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Port of Seattle Seeks Applicants for Tourism Dollars
The Port of Seattle has established a $50,000 program to support tourism development across Washington State by jointly promoting use of port facilities through a new Co-operative Tourism Promotion Program. The objective is to enhance the region’s attractiveness as a tourist destination by promoting tourist options throughout the state for visitors who use the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, port cruise terminals or marinas.
The port intends to provide matching support to non-profit organizations in promoting their destination to visitors. Applicants can apply for up to $10,000. Port funds can only be used for advertising, publicizing or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting visitors to the destination to increase tourism expenditures. No port funds can be used to underwrite general or capital expenses associated with a tourism event or projects in progress.
"The Port of Seattle is looking to promote great destinations within our state that travelers have yet to hear about, or need to discover when visiting here," said Port of Seattle Commission President John Creighton. "By getting visitors to those destinations from Anacortes to Zillah that they might have normally missed, we’re boosting jobs throughout our region, a goal of our Century Agenda."
The application, FAQs and introductory letter for the program are available at www.portseattle.org/tourism.
The Port of Seattle has established a $50,000 program to support tourism development across Washington State by jointly promoting use of port facilities through a new Co-operative Tourism Promotion Program. The objective is to enhance the region’s attractiveness as a tourist destination by promoting tourist options throughout the state for visitors who use the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, port cruise terminals or marinas.
The port intends to provide matching support to non-profit organizations in promoting their destination to visitors. Applicants can apply for up to $10,000. Port funds can only be used for advertising, publicizing or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting visitors to the destination to increase tourism expenditures. No port funds can be used to underwrite general or capital expenses associated with a tourism event or projects in progress.
"The Port of Seattle is looking to promote great destinations within our state that travelers have yet to hear about, or need to discover when visiting here," said Port of Seattle Commission President John Creighton. "By getting visitors to those destinations from Anacortes to Zillah that they might have normally missed, we’re boosting jobs throughout our region, a goal of our Century Agenda."
The application, FAQs and introductory letter for the program are available at www.portseattle.org/tourism.
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