Proc. 2019-30 - National Tourism Week
PROCLAMATION
NO. 2019-30
WHEREAS travel to and within Texas provides significant benefits for the state, and contributes to personal growth, education, cultural understanding and enhancement of local businesses
and communities; and
WHEREAS travel supports more than 1.2 million jobs directly in in Texas in 2018, the eighth consecutive year of travel-driven employment growth, with many sectors of the economy benefitting;
and
WHEREAS total direct travel spending in Texas was $80.2 billion in 2018, impacting local and state taxes across the state, without which each household in Texas would pay an additional
$740 in taxes to make up for the loss; and
WHEREAS direct travel impact for 2017 visitor spending in Huntsville/Walker County was $87,550,000, employing 850 full and part-time workers, and generating over $7.5 million in tax
revenue; and
WHEREAS welcoming visitors from near and far always has been, and always will be, the enduring ethos of the travel industry and Huntsville, because “Travel Matters”.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
May 5-11, 2019
be declared: NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK
in the City of Huntsville, and call upon our citizens to join in this special observance by enjoying all the special events and sites that draw others to visit our community.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED on this the 7th day of May 2019.
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Andy Brauninger, Mayor