CARSON CITY, Nev. — Last week, the Nevada Commission on Tourism approved $301,575 in grants to promote tourism to the state's rural areas.
According to a Dec. 11 press release from the Nevada Division of Tourism (aka Travel Nevada), funding from the state's Rural Marketing Grants program goes to marketing projects that will result in overnight stays — and local tax revenue — for those communities.
“Tourism is vital to rural Nevada,” Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall, NCOT chairwoman, said in a statement. “The Rural Marketing Grants program helps drive visitation to our rural areas. Tourism not only boosts jobs, but sales and lodging taxes that go right back to the community to pay for roads, schools, and other municipal services.”
This recent distribution of $301,575 is the second for fiscal year 2020, which began July 1, 2019, and runs through June 30, 2020.
Among the funded projects:
According to the state, funding for the Rural Marketing Grants program does not come from the state's general fund. Rather, Travel Nevada receives three-eighths of 1 percent of room tax revenue as its operations budget. A portion of those funds is used to offer the Rural Marketing Grants Program.
Grant recipients must provide a 50-50 match in funds or volunteer hours unless a waiver is approved. The grants are distributed in the form of reimbursements to the recipients after the projects are completed and labor and funding details are documented.
Go here to learn more about Nevada tourism grants.
-->CARSON CITY, Nev. — Last week, the Nevada Commission on Tourism approved $301,575 in grants to promote tourism to the state's rural areas.
According to a Dec. 11 press release from the Nevada Division of Tourism (aka Travel Nevada), funding from the state's Rural Marketing Grants program goes to marketing projects that will result in overnight stays — and local tax revenue — for those communities.
“Tourism is vital to rural Nevada,” Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall, NCOT chairwoman, said in a statement. “The Rural Marketing Grants program helps drive visitation to our rural areas. Tourism not only boosts jobs, but sales and lodging taxes that go right back to the community to pay for roads, schools, and other municipal services.”
This recent distribution of $301,575 is the second for fiscal year 2020, which began July 1, 2019, and runs through June 30, 2020.
Among the funded projects:
According to the state, funding for the Rural Marketing Grants program does not come from the state's general fund. Rather, Travel Nevada receives three-eighths of 1 percent of room tax revenue as its operations budget. A portion of those funds is used to offer the Rural Marketing Grants Program.
Grant recipients must provide a 50-50 match in funds or volunteer hours unless a waiver is approved. The grants are distributed in the form of reimbursements to the recipients after the projects are completed and labor and funding details are documented.
Go here to learn more about Nevada tourism grants.