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The New Look of Lee County
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5-1-12 Team Tourism Travel Rally Day 5-1-12 Team Tourism Travel Rally Day
Tourism is the economic engine of Lee County and 5 million people visit Lee County each year, generating $2.7 billion in economic impact and 52,000 jobs in Lee County; and Whereas: Tourism has a direct and indirect economic impact on our community from our resorts, attractions, restaurants, shopping malls, grocery stores, movie theaters and a myriad of small businesses; and Whereas: The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau’s dedicated staff, supported by thousands of tourism industry employees, work hard every day to fuel the pipeline of visitors to our community and make the Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel a top-ranked destination; and Whereas: It is with much excitement that the Lee County Board of County Commissioners invites the community to join the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau at the Team Tourism Rally Day on May 8, 2012; and the Celebration of Business & Tourism Chrysalis Awards Luncheon & Trade Show on May 9, 2012; and Whereas: The Team Tourism Travel Rally Day and the Celebration of Business & Tourism Chrysalis Awards Luncheon & Trade Show are produced in support of National Travel & Tourism Week to help drive home the value of tourism, the community teamwork involved in maintaining and enhancing tourism as a major economic engine for Lee County, and how important the travel industry is to our destination; and Whereas: Tourism partners, community leaders and businesses, elected officials, the local community, and travel workers and their families are invited to join as we highlight travel’s value as an economic force and job creator.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Board of County Commissioners of Lee County, Florida, on behalf of the citizens of Lee County, invites the community to come out and convey its grateful appreciation for outstanding contribution and dedication by the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau’s dedicated staff and the 52,000 people working in tourism in Lee County that we hereby proclaim May 8, 2012 as TEAM TOURISM TRAVEL RALLY DAY in Lee County.
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