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Explore Georgia Update: November 2019

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Nov ember 15, 2019
Explore Georgia Update

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NEW RESEARCH REPORTS AVAILABLE
T he 2018 Trav el Economic Impact on Georgia State, Counties and Regions and the 2018 Georgia Tourism Sentiment Index Report have been posted to Market Georgia.

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Explore Georgia has awarded more than $64,000 in tourism product development grants to seven new and expanding projects across the state. Congratulations to the recipients:
Athens DDA, Athens Music Walk of Fame Conyers DDA, Grey Ghost Brewing Company Putnam County DA, Georgia's Writers Museum City of Norcross, Historic Downtown Norcross Tour Project DA of McDuffie County, Historic Pews & Pulpits Self-Guided Tour Brochure City of Calhoun DDA, Freight & Rail Brewing Company City of T ifton, Southern Drawl Cotton Georgia Grown Retail Experiment
Read the full press release here.

EVENTS DRIVE WEB TRAFFIC
Event listings on ExploreGeorgia.org are some of the greatest traffic drivers to partner sites, and they increase visibility for your destinations throughout the year. Create and update your free listings for festivals, fairs, and other special events as early as possible through the ExploreGeorgia.org Partner Extranet.
Unsure how to start posting? Join the next Extranet Training Session in Atlanta at the Explore Georgia office Dec. 9, 2019 from 2pm - 4pm. To RSVP, contact Lori Hennesy at lhennesy@georgia.org. Space is limited!

SUBM IT NEW PRODUCT FOR 2020-2021
Each year, the Explore Georgia team gathers items for the division's "What's New" document, which is a list of new product across the state that is opening or expanding. T his document is used for media pitching, talking points, press releases, trade shows and departmental information. New product can include hotels, restaurants, attractions, events, venues, restaurants, tours, even anniversaries anything tourism-related that is new and will be opening/happening in 2020 and 2021. To have your product included, please submit information to Emily Murray at emurray@georgia.org by Dec. 16, 2019.

UPCOM ING EVENTS
Nov. 19, 2019 Grow ing Tourism Workshop Dec. 2-5, 2019 Trav el South International Show case

Columbia County, GA
St. Louis, MO

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Dec. 8-12, 2019

NTA Trav el Exchange

Dec. 12, 2019

Deadline for Cycle II Tourism Product Dev elopment Grant Program

Jan. 11-14, 2020

American Bus Association Annual Meeting & M a rk e tpla c e

Jan. 21, 2020 Tourism, Hospitality & Arts Day at the Capitol

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