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Bloggerly Love and How Offices of Tourism are Using it.

Tourism marketing departments of America: Are you working with bloggers, vloggers and podcasters to help promote your state, county, city, park or campground?

Techies and their interactive tools may be the way to lure tourists to local fairs and state parks.

If not, why not?

Florida, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia are just some of the governments dipping toes, and sometimes whole feet, into the online world. Not just the Web, but the interactive Web.

By ELLEN PERLMAN

Full Story: http://governing.com/articles/0812techtalk.htm

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Colo. tourism officials look closer for guests

By CATHERINE TSAI AP Business Writer

In Christmases past, Denver looked to draw holiday visitors from Kansas, Nebraska and New Mexico.

They’re still on the wish list. But this year Denver is wooing travelers much closer to home—including Colorado Springs and Fort Collins, about an hour’s drive away.

It’s an unprecedented effort to boost sagging holiday business. The economy has people reconsidering vacation plans, and tourist hot spots like Las Vegas have seen visitor numbers dip 10 percent in recent months.

Denver’s tourism bureau is spending about $500,000 for the holiday campaign, matched by in-kind donations from attractions and in advertising and discounts. The annual budget of Visit Denver, funded largely by lodging taxes, is roughly $14 million.

Full Story: http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_11231611

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