Travel and Tourism

Tourism is vital to New York’s economy, and improvements in the state’s marketing efforts would result in significant benefits to the state. The Business Council will work to encourage sector-specific strategies to:

  • Assure that state advertising and marketing investments are focused on developing long term strategies and goals, and that the industry is engaged in their development

  • Support tourist visa policy changes so that New YorkState can adequately compete for international tourists and take full advantage of its position as a major international gateway to the United States

For more information on Travel & Tourism issues visit www.bcnys.org/inside/travelandtourism.htm


Federal Issue

Help Create Tourism Jobs in New York

Ask The White House and Congress to Expedite Tourism Visas Now! Reports have
shown that, in the last decade, the United States has lost out on an influx of more than 78 million international tourists and would have generated close to half a million jobs every year.  Many of these jobs would be in New York.