Welcome to the Visit California News Room. This is our collection of stories representing the culture, events and people of California.
California Tourism Month delivered a message that encapsulates the industry’s resilience and ongoing challenges: The tourism industry is bringing back jobs and tax revenue, but it is not fully recovered and many businesses still face an uphill battle.
After a two-year hiatus, Tourism Cares’ Meaningful Travel Summit returned to Lake Tahoe, connecting over 150 tourism industry professionals and local changemakers to collaborate, infuse more sustainability into practices and complete volunteer work in the local community.
On April 27, a delegation of 16 California industry members joined Visit California for a Sales & Media Day in Mexico City, showcasing new California product while reenergizing the market with a full day of educational engagements, networking opportunities and one-on-one appointments with leading Mexican media and trade professionals.
California Welcome Centers are a valuable resource for regional tourism businesses. Join Visit California and Welcome Center staff to learn how Welcome Centers can promote your business and how you can partner with your local center to create a positive visitor experience.
The 2022 Poppy Awards received a record number of submissions that showed a staggering breadth of creative solutions to promoting tourism and solving stewardship challenges through a pandemic. This impressive body of submissions gave the judges of Visit California’s biennial awards the imposing task of selecting finalists.
Visit California welcomed Calaveras Visitors Bureau to close out the 2021 Third Thursday program. Conveniently located less than three hours from Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calaveras offers a convenient escape with big attractions minus the big crowds. Those in the know visit Calaveras for its vast outdoor spaces.
After international travel restrictions were lifted on Nov. 8, 2021, Visit California resumed hosting international media. Through a series of familiarization tours, influential journalists from Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and the U.K. created California travel stories to share with these valuable markets.
