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A coalition of national

associations and federal agencies building a common agenda for cultural tourism. Representing a

broad spectrum of arts, humanities, tourism and heritage organizations,

as well as federal agencies, the partners' purpose is to advance the role of culture and heritage in national, state and local travel and tourism policies and practices.

This national coalition, formed in 1996, has been a catalyst for and a leader in culture and heritage tourism. Click here for more information.

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Nominate a Distinctive Destination Today!

Deadline Extended to September 16, 2010

Celebrate places that matter by nominating unique cities and towns across

America that offer cultural and recreational experiences different from the

typical vacation destination. Applications are now available at the

National Trust for Historic Preservation website.

Reaching Cultural and Heritage Travelers

through Gozaic.com

Gozaic.com is the most comprehensive website devoted to the cultural

and heritage travel niche. Join the hundreds of participating sites

and destinations that receive global exposure via Gozaic’s targeted marketing efforts. Introductory rates for this fee-based program are still available.

For more information, visit the website.

Show Me the Money!

In search of funding for cultural heritage tourism?

Click here for a blog that includes targeted list of federal grant opportunities

for preservation and cultural heritage tourism projects culled from the comprehensive database of federal grants.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation's federal grants office maintains this

blog which also includes a calendar of upcoming deadlines and useful tips to

help you navigate through the federal grant application process. For more

ideas check out the funding section of this website.

How to Survive and Thrive in Today’s Economy

The recent recession is having a big impact on many sectors of

the cultural and heritage tourism industry. In response to this challenge, the National Endowment for the Arts has provided a Chairman’s Extraordinary Action Grant to the Heritage Tourism Program at the National Trust for Historic Preservation to

create a new online survival toolkit on

“How to Survive and Thrive in Today’s Economy”

As part of this effort the Heritage Tourism Program will seek out and share

other existing online survival toolkits as well as creative strategies that cultural

and heritage attractions are using to survive and thrive in a down economy.

Preserve America Designates

29 New Communities

First Lady Michelle Obama recently designated 29 communities as Preserve America Communities bringing the grand total of designated communities to 843 over the seven years the

program has been in existence. Read more about the latest

designees across the United States.

Ask the Expert...

Do you have a cultural heritage tourism question?

Click here to send your query to a national cultural heritage tourism expert. In addition to responding to questions individually, questions and responses will also be posted in a Q&A section.

Save America’s Treasures, Preserve America and

National Heritage Areas

Slated for Cuts in President's Budget

Save America's Treasures and Preserve America, two key programs for heritage tourism and historic preservation funding, are targeted for 100% elimination of funding and National Heritage Area funding is slated for a 50% cut in

President Obama's FY 2011 budget request.

What you can do:

Contact your Senators and Representatives and ask them to support restoration of funding to Save America's Treasures, Preserve America and National Heritage Areas.
Forward this message to at least five friends and colleagues asking them to send a message as well.

Share this information on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.

Watch for Action Alerts: The time to act is now. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has launched an aggressive campaign to save this funding that now hangs in the balance. Over the coming weeks and months, we'll look to you for support in making that happen.