TRENTON – The New Jersey Tourism Industry Association announces that their annual Advocacy Day event will be held online in honor of National Travel & Tourism Week for 2021. The National Travel & Tourism Week has been held since 1983 and takes place every first full week of May. It brings tourism professionals together to increase the value of travel to our economy, businesses and personal wellbeing. NJTIA’s Advocacy Day continues this tradition. Invited guests include Governor Phil Murphy, Adam Sacks to share last year’s tourism and business metrics, and Joseph Simonetta of Public Strategies Impact.

The nationwide tourism organization will discuss the power and promise of one of New Jersey’s leading industries at the online event on May 6. The presentations and discussions will begin on Thursday, May 6th, at 10 a.m. Participation is free. However, advance registration is required to access this key event.

To register, please go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2tWhxcYvYdFvk-wgcEBeB901oNBZrX7VUjkXoLyxd8eeawA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0zG2Ji2G10vHrWrrrrrrIrr

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NJTIA is committed to increasing government support for tourism in the state by teaching our elected and appointed officials about the industry, its economic benefits to the state, and the role that industry workers play in the quality of life of every NJ citizen to be cleared up. You have a long-term public-private relationship with the Travel and Tourism Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs, and lead the NJ Tourism Conference. The organization is dedicated to building tourism in New Jersey on a daily basis.

Your efforts increase the attractiveness of NJ as a travel destination and, as a result, the amount of revenue the state generates from many sources of income. The goals of this statewide organization include advocating increased marketing, publicity and funding to position the state as a desirable target, increasing marketing funding for DMO efforts through transportation finance to improve our system of roads and travel opportunities, and revitalizing urban areas through Promotion of monument protection, artistic activities and cultural support, creation of liveable communities to increase the attractiveness of NJ as a location for business and industry, as well as promotion of environmentally sound measures for sustainability. For more information, see www.njtia.org