Resources & Insights

Browse our Resource Library for the latest industry insights, expert tips, policy updates, best practices and more affecting New York State's tourism industry.

posted: March 28, 2023

NYS Senate and Assembly Proposed Budgets Restore Matching Funds For Tourism

Both the NYS Senate and Assembly have approved budget proposals restoring the $1 million dollar cut in Tourism Matching Funds proposed in the Executive Budget Proposal. Their proposed budgets would match the $3.5 million allocated in last year's budget. NYSTIA communicated early in the…

posted: January 31, 2023

Employed New Yorkers Are Still Leaving Up To 25% Of PTO On The Table!

A review of statistics from a variety of sources and using a variety of methods from 2015 to 2022 consistently yielded the same outcome - employed New Yorkers fail to use almost 25% of their vacation time each year: Over 42 MILLION DAYS of paid time off are left on the table by employed New Yorkers…

posted: January 12, 2023

Register for Museum Advocacy Day

Museums Advocacy Day is inspiring, energizing, and impactful. Unite with museum colleagues from across the country as one voice to reaffirm our value, collective contributions, and aspirations. The resources and insights you’ll gain as a participant will help sustain your museum’s future and the…

posted: November 21, 2022

U.S. Travel: Urge Congress to Pass Critical Priorities by End of Year

View the web version of this U.S. Travel Newsletter. With business and international travel spending still down compared to 2019—while inflation remains high and a recession looms—please join U.S. Travel in urging congress to act before the end of the year on policies that restore business and…

posted: November 9, 2022

We Passed Prop 1!

From the Vote Yes for Clean Water and Jobs Newsletter: Thank you, New York!Yesterday, New Yorkers across the state overwhelmingly voted to pass Prop 1, delivering a monumental victory for clean water, healthy air, and good jobs for generations to come.We could not have done it without the help of…

posted: November 8, 2022

Vote YES for Prop 1, The Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Bond Act

As mentioned by our friends at Parks & Trails New York, be sure to flip over your ballot today to vote Yes on Prop 1, which will approve the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act. The Bond Act will protect clean drinking water, modernize critical…

posted: September 19, 2022

U.S. Travel Action: Lower Visa Wait Times!

As of July 2022, the average visitor visa wait-time for the top 10 countries for international travel was more than 440 days. And, while visitation from the 25 largest Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries has improved by an average of 19%, travel from the top 25 countries that require a visitor visa…

posted: July 12, 2022

Sign U.S. Travel's Industry Sign-On Letter Urging Congress to Support a More Sustainable Travel Industry

To accelerate and enable greater investment in this area, we need greater support at the federal level. In an effort to urge action on the following pro-environment, pro-growth measures, U.S. Travel and its Sustainable Travel Coalition are sending a letter to Congress ...

posted: June 22, 2022

ACT NOW: National Parks Sign-On Letter

Show your organization's support in urging the Department of Interior and National Parks Service to consider these recommended changes that will promote the facilitation of inbound travel and ongoing conservation of our national parks.

posted: March 19, 2022

BrandUSA Emergency Funding Approved - THANK YOU SENATOR SCHUMER!

New York State Tourism Has A Friend In Washington... was the heading of our article on March 25, 2021 as we thanked Senator Schumer for his successful efforts to secure financial support for the tourism industry in COVID relief legislation. Once again the New York State tourism industry owes a major…

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