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: 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 12, 2022

Covid Relief Assistance & Other News from FLVC

- Finger Lakes Visitors Connection is sending out this special newsletter to announce details of a special COVID relief virtual meeting for small businesses, along with some other special announcements happening in the Finger Lakes. Small Business COVID Relief Virtual Meeting Planned Finger Lakes…

posted: January 11, 2022

NY Times: A Growing Gap - What vaccination does is radically reduce the chance of severe Covid illness.

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posted: January 7, 2022

U.S. Travel Report: State of the American Workforce and its Impact on Travel

- With 11 million job openings, the COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly left drastic and long-lasting impacts on the American workforce. The loss of jobs, however, was most severe among our very own industry—total travel and tourism supported jobs plummeted 34% between 2019 and 2020—declining…

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…

posted: January 3, 2022

New Year's Notes From NYSTIA Board Chair Dana Krueger

According to Winston Churchill, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." Well, we must be near perfection, my NYS tourism family, because 2021 brought about many challenges, which forced us to change... over and over! And we are stronger for it! The NYSTIA Board of…

posted: December 20, 2021

Request for Qualification: 2022 Recreational Activities & Excursions on the New York State Canal System

- The New York State Canal Corporation (“NYSCC") announces this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ") to identify qualified providers to develop and operate a variety of recreational Activities & excursions (“Activities") across one or multiple New York State Canal System…

posted: December 14, 2021

Governor Hochul Announces 21 Nominations Recommended for State & National Registers of Historic Places

- Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended adding 21 properties to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nominations include the former home and workplace of a pioneering 20thcentury social reformer in New York City, a summer…

posted: December 1, 2021

A Message from Brian: Canal Communities & DRI—A Perfect Fit!

- New York's Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) is helping to restore and rebuild downtowns across our State, especially in 20 communities along the New York State Canal system. Since 2016, cities, towns and villages in each of New York's 10 regions have competed for $10 million state DRI…

posted: November 19, 2021

Governor Hochul Announces Record-Breaking Number of Stays at New York State Campgrounds in 2021

2021 State Parks Campground Overnight Stays Up 15 Percent from Previous 2019 Record 2021 DEC Campground Overnight Stays Up More Than 10 Percent from Previous 2016 Record Campsites, Cabins, Cottages, Yurts Occupied Nearly 1.2 Million Night - Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that overnight…

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