List included in the new state Culinary Guide, Georgia Eats
ATLANTA, June 4, 2018 — The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Tourism Division (GDEcD) today released the 2018 state culinary guide, Georgia Eats. The fourth annual digest-sized guide features the wildly popular "100 Plates Locals Love" list...
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Atlanta, May 17, 2018 – Over the last few years, Georgia’s hotel industry has been on the rise. With 1,845+ lodging properties comprising more than 168,000 hotel rooms, the state’s hotel industry continues to expand with numerous new developments, renovations...
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Tourism generates $63.1 billion in economic impact
Atlanta, May 7, 2018 - Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that the state’s tourism industry generated a record-breaking $63.1 billion in economic impact in 2017, for an increase of 3.8 percent over last year, according to the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism...
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New tour connects visitors with Georgia’s civil rights history
ATLANTA, April 9, 2018 – Georgia Tourism, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced a new trail, the Georgia’s Footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Trail. The trail was created in partnership with The King...
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March 27, 2018, event at Macon’s Historic Douglass Theatre presented by the Georgia Film Office
Atlanta, March 13, 2018 - As Georgia’s booming film industry continues to break records, the Georgia Production Partnership (GPP), along with presenting sponsor the Georgia Film Office, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDECD...
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Grant Program provides financial support for new and expanding tourism projects
Atlanta, Feb. 19, 2018 – The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) Tourism division announced today that it has awarded more than $43,175 in product development grants to 11 new and expanding tourism projects across the state.
“The...
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Monday, January 22, red pepper (Georgia Tourism's social media agency) presented a concept for a social media campaign for calendar year 2019, dubbed "The Georgia Way." Attached here is the presentation with some content examples and below is a link to questions...
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Scholarship program gives 12 tourism industry professionals the opportunity to continue their education.
Sarasota, FL – December 10, 2018 – Miles Partnership today announced the opening of the application period for its scholarship program to the Southeast Tourism Society Marketing College®, available to tourism industry professionals working in one of the...
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