Program Overview

Travel Research               

The Travel Research program area directs a comprehensive research effort to provide primary data on travel industry research topics including domestic and international travel to and within Texas, economic impacts of travel and tourism, and more. Travel Research provides research reporting annually that partners can leverage to support the development of travel and tourism locally.

Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community 

The Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community program is a new designation created to encourage communities across Texas to pursue tourism as an economic development strategy and provide resources to support those efforts.