Tourism in the United States
State Tourism Offices and Departments
The mission of most state departments or offices of tourism is to promote vacationing in the state by residents and visitors and to contribute to the state’s economy by supporting the state’s tourism industry. A few tourism offices also manage state parks.
State Tourism Online Reources
State tourism agencies and their websites may provide:
- Maps of the state’s regions
- Suggestions for all kinds of visitors, including families, seniors and adventure seekers
- Information about state parks, trails, and scenic drives
- Guides to special-purpose travel, such as fishing, skiing, birding or fall foliage
- Links to and/or listings of accommodations, campgrounds, restaurants and shopping
- Vacation packages
- Calendars of local festivals and other events
- Magazines featuring photographs and articles on state history
- Forms to request printed guides and literature
- Current weather, driving and ski conditions
- Photo galleries and photography tips
- Tourism reports, statistics and plans
Visitors to these websites may also find film offices that encourage movies to be filmed in state locations.
Historical Websites:
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Tourism and the State Laws
Select from the list of U.S. States below for state-specific information on Tourism:
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Alabama Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Alaska Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Arizona Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Arkansas Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the California Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Colorado Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Connecticut Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Delaware Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Florida Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Georgia Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Hawaii Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Idaho Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Illinois Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Indiana Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Iowa Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Kansas Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Kentucky Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Louisiana Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Maine Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Maryland Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Massachusetts Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Michigan Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Minnesota Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Mississippi Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Missouri Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Montana Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Nebraska Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Nevada Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the New Hampshire Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the New Jersey Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the New Mexico Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the New York Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the North Carolina Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the North Dakota Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Ohio Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Oklahoma Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Oregon Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Pennsylvania Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Rhode Island Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the South Carolina Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the South Dakota Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Tennessee Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Texas Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Utah Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Vermont Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Virginia Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Washington Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the West Virginia Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Wisconsin Portal
- Tourism in the Subject Index of the Wyoming Portal
Finding the law: Tourism in the U.S. Code
A collection of general and permanent laws relating to tourism, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines tourism topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.
Resources
Further Reading
- Information about Tourism in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.