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: 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…

posted: February 13, 2022

CANAL NY Advocacy Outreach: Tell the NY Power Authority to Open New York’s Canals By No Later than May 11!

- ACT NOW / Let Your Voice Be Heard! - Please join your canal colleagues in a letter-writing campaign to impress upon the New York Power Authority the need to change the 2022 Canal Navigation Season opening date from the announced date of Friday, May 20 to May 11. Studies show the overall economic…

posted: January 20, 2022

Travel Industry to Congress: Enact Urgent Policies to Restore Travel Demand

- More than 600 travel industry members—representative of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam—signed a letter to congressional leadership urging immediate action on near-term federal policies to restore and grow the U.S. travel industry. The letter was delivered by the…

posted: January 4, 2022

40,000,000 Opportunities To Travel - Employed New Yorkers Leave 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 2020 consistently yielded the same outcome - employed New Yorkers fail to use almost 25% of their vacation time each year: Over 40 MILLION DAYS of paid time off are left on the table by employed New Yorkers…

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