The Tourism Bureau is starting off the new year at a run!

This is tradeshow season where we attend various tradeshows, promoting Pulaski County. We will be promoting our family friendly outdoor activities, educational museums and dining options at various Outdoor/Sportsmen shows in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

We meet and greet potential visitors, hand out the Pulaski County Visitors Guide and hold a drawing for Pulaski County gifts. We will also be meeting, one-on-one with up to 80 tour operators and bank travel clubs at the American Bus Association and BankTravel Marketplace appointments.

During January and February we will be holding workshops for hoteliers, restaurants, attractions, shopping and event planners to explain the new website introduced by the State of Missouri, Division of Tourism, www.visitmo.com. The hotel workshop will be held January 21st, event planners January 22nd. Restaurants, attractions and shopping workshop dates will be announced shortly. All owners must go online to list their business for it to appear on the VisitMo.com website and you must go back online after January 15th to submit the listing for the printed State Visitors Guide.

I am currently working on building a Meet and Greet program for the various group tour buses and reunion groups that come to our area. This program will offer a tiered choice of programs in which the groups can choose various activities they would like to experience. They will be able to choose themed meet and greets here at the center, restaurant, photo opportunities at historic sites, dining entertainment and more. If you or any organization's in the county would be interested in learning more information, please give me a call.

Why are groups so important to the communities??

Group Tour's =
40 people x $10 lunch = $400.00
40 people x $15 dinner = $600.00
100 gallon gas tank fill up= $160.00
25 room nights x $65 = 1625.00
Souvenir shopping 30 x $10 = $300.00
Total Expenditures $3085.00
This doesn't include fees distributed to organizations involved in meet and greet programs, museum tour fees, step on guide fees
Bus tours bring additional revenues into the communities as well as sales tax revenues for the cities and county!

Keeping in touch,

Beth Wiles
Executive Director
Pulaski County Tourism Bureau
137 St. Robert Blvd.
St. Robert, MO 65584
877-858-8687 573-336-6355 Ext. 104
bethw@visitpulaskicounty.org
VisitPulaskiCounty.org

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