Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-348

ECO 348

Recovery for Hospitality and Tourism

Mr. Cyr, Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Tran and Eldridge, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. O'Connor, Moore, Tarr and Velis, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Crighton and Hinds and Ms. Moran moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by adding the following item:

"xxxx-xxxx For a competitive grant program administered by the office of travel and tourism to provide tourism and cultural marketing funds to businesses and regional tourism councils for the purpose of promoting and advertising in-state tourism in order to create jobs, support tourism-related businesses in the commonwealth and stimulate the state and local economies of the commonwealth; provided, that not less than $4,000,000 shall be allocated to regional tourism councils in order to provide regional advertising, public relations and other marketing initiatives that will promote in-state tourism and encourage the upholding of necessary public health and social distancing protocols relative to the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic..................................................... $10,000,000"