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Travel and Tourism Funding EDA

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https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334748

FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Notice of Funding Opportunity

Original Closing Date for Applications:For EDA Competitive Tourism Grants, there are no application submission deadlines.While EDA encourages eligible applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible, EDA strongly advises eligible applicants to submit complete applications no later than January 31, 2022 so that EDA can review and process the application in time to get a potential award in place prior to deadlines imposed by Congress. Submission by January 31, 2022 is not a guarantee of funding. Any award is subject to the availability of funds. See Section E of this ARPA Tourism NOFO regarding EDA’s review process.
Current Closing Date for Applications:For EDA Competitive Tourism Grants, there are no application submission deadlines.While EDA encourages eligible applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible, EDA strongly advises eligible applicants to submit complete applications no later than January 31, 2022 so that EDA can review and process the application in time to get a potential award in place prior to deadlines imposed by Congress. Submission by January 31, 2022 is not a guarantee of funding. Any award is subject to the availability of funds. See Section E of this ARPA Tourism NOFO regarding EDA’s review process.
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Estimated Total Program Funding:$240,000,000
Award Ceiling:$10,000,000
Award Floor:$100,000

Tourism Grant Opportunities

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US Department of Commerce… Through the Travel, Tourism & Outdoor Recreation program, EDA is focused on accelerating the recovery of communities that rely on the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors. $750 million of EDA’s American Rescue Plan funds are allocated to support the following efforts:

  • State Tourism Grants: $510 million in non-competitive awards to help states quickly invest in marketing, infrastructure, workforce and other projects to rejuvenate safe leisure, business and international travel.
  • Competitive Grants: $240 million to help communities that have been hardest hit by challenges facing the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors to invest in infrastructure, workforce or other projects to support the recovery of the industry and economic resilience of the community in the future.

See https://eda.gov/arpa/travel-tourism/ for details.

Outdoor Recreation Economic Impact in Oregon

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Travel Oregon, in partnership with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), the Oregon Office of Outdoor Recreation (OREC), Oregon Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) and Earth Economics, released a new Outdoor Recreation Economic Impact Study that demonstrates the importance of Oregon’s vast range of outdoor recreation opportunities to the state’s economy.


$15.6 BILLION IN OUTDOOR RECREATION SPENDING
$552 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES CREATED
$13 BILLION IN GDP CONTRIBUTIONS
224,000 FULL AND PART-TIME JOBS
$9.3 BILLION IN WAGES AND OTHER COMPENSATION

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