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AGRICULTURE & TOURISM
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 Editor Don Holecek writes about the growing interdependency between agriculture and tourism in Michigan, while he questions how we can make them both bigger—together.
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MICHIGAN HORSERACING
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Bill Castanier, who specializes in social marketing and public affairs issues at the state level, explains why Michigan's horseracing industry is critical to tourism in the state.
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AGRICULTURE ENHANCEMENT
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 State Representative Larry Julian writes about how Michigan’s pending agriculture enhancement legislation could impact the state's tourism industry.
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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
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Beginning in September, Michigan Tourism Business will be offering advertising space and monthly sponsorships to deliver your message to thousands of tourism industry professionals in Michigan each month. Click the link below for news explaining how information about your business can appear in an upcoming issue!
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MICHIGAN AT THE MILLENNIUM
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A new book MICHIGAN at the Millennium has just been released by the Michigan State University Press. Of special interest to you may be Chapter 22: Travel, Tourism, and Recreation in Michigan. This chapter investigates: why the state should care about tourism, the national and international scope of tourism, the Michigan tourism system, the geography of Michigan tourism, tourism expenditure in Michigan, accommodations used by Michigan tourists, what tourists do on their Michigan pleasure trips, tourism across the seasons of the year, tourism trends in Michigan, advertising and promotion, and what can and should be done to address the state's significant trade deficit in travel.
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A TOURISM FUNDING VICTORY
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Steve Yencich, President of TICOM and President/CEO of MHMRA, writes an interesting follow-up article to his call to action in the May 5 issue of Michigan Tourism Business, commending many of you for the action you took early this summer to protect Travel Michigan's promotion budget. But, he reminds us that we need to continue to "coordinate, cooperate and coalesce on issues of joint concern" if the tourism industry is to strengthen its political clout with the state's legislators.
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UGH! HAVE YOU SEEN THIS DESTRUCTIVE BUG?
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 Robin Millsap, an MSU Information Officer & Communications Specialist, shares some information about a new exotic pest that is wreaking havoc on southeastern Michigan's ash trees, the Emerald Ash Borer. In an effort to contain this insect, the Michigan Department of Agriculture has quarantined a number of counties.
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MICHIGAN TOURISM VIRTUAL TRAINING ACADEMY
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BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN MICHIGAN DEER
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 Click here to view the executive summary of a June 2003 report published by the MSU Tourism Resource Center titled, The Economic Impact of Bovine TB on the Tourism Industry in Northeast Michigan. Contact researcher Fong Bristor with any questions about this report.
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CONFERENCES & TRADE SHOWS
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SOME INDICATORS OF TOURISM ACTIVITY
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