Accomplishments

Securing the largest general fund increase for marketing in the history of the Tourism Division

• Passing local enabling legislation to allow communities to generate additional marketing revenue

• Defeating the worst of the hunting legislation

• Increasing the state lodging and meal reimbursements

• Creating the tourism infrastructure grant program and securing funding for it

• Securing millions in new money for tourism-related infrastructure

• Passing legislation to allow rural businesses to have a tourism directional sign along the highway

• Maintaining the Cultural and Heritage promotional dollars

• Passing legislation supporting agritourism

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During the 2019 legislative update, the North Dakota Travel Alliance Partnership (TAP) successfully champion an additional $1 million for tourism marketing and helped secure $50 million for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and $6 million for the International Peace Garden. TAP also introduced and successfully lobbied to pass bills to modernize the city lodging tax and allow counties to collect a lodging and restaurant tax. 

 

The final report covers the results of all the bills tracked by TAP during the 2019 legislative session.