Massachusetts Celebrates National Travel and Tourism Week
Massachusetts joins the other 49 states across the nation and the US Travel Association (USTA), in celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW), an annual tradition for the U.S. travel community taking place the first week of May. This year ,the NTTW theme is the Power of Travel and the industry’s role in bringing back our vibrant communities, restoring the U.S. economy, rebuilding our workforce and reconnecting America. Massachusetts has 16 regional tourism councils that represent their localities and promote all of the assets in that area, including natural beauty and outdoors, food and cuisine, arts and culture and history and heritage. Travel officials are urging regional tourism councils (RTCs), destination marketing organizations (DMOs) and other hospitality outlets, family small businesses and seasonal visitor shops to remind ts customers of the power of travel as a key contributor to the Massachusetts economy. For more about visiting Massachusetts go to Visitma.com.
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INNOVATE
Our culture of ideas, innovation, entrepreneurship and industry continues to propel Massachusetts. High Tech, Life Sciences, Big Data, Clean Energy, Robotics, E-health — what we do here impacts the world.
WORK
Through higher education, middle job skills and retraining programs, we’re making Massachusetts a place where every resident can get a good job, and every business can find the skilled talent they need.
GROW
By investing in education, innovation and infrastructure, improving cost competitiveness and making it easy to do business, Massachusetts is ensuring long-term growth for all of our municipalities and regions.
LEARN
Massachusetts is one of the world’s great learning clusters. Our intellectual capital includes renowned universities, colleges and research centers, exceptional high school programs for science and math and excellent intern opportunities.
VISIT
Our quality of life – stunning landscapes, cultural richness, historical landmarks, exciting sports teams – is available to all who visit Massachusetts. 22 + million visitors visit us each year from all over the world
CREATE
Our creative economy bustles with a rich variety of artists, writers, musicians and dancers alongside film makers, game designers and visionaries. Our performing arts scene is world class.
