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Every positive experience for the recreational tourist provides a lasting <br />impression on the discerning tourist. <br />Goal 5 - Kittitas County Tourism Infrastructure Plan: <br />Involve the community- base tourism on local Kittitas County community <br />resources to the extent possible, encouraging local small businesses and civic <br />groups to build partnerships to promote and provide a distinctive, honest visitor <br />experience and market Roslyn, Cle Elum, Ellensburg, and other locales <br />effectively. Help businesses develop approaches to tourism that build on the <br />County’s nature, history and culture, including food and drink, famers’ markets, <br />artisans, performance arts, etc. <br />If your tourists are enjoying a safe time they will want to explore other <br />close recreational opportunities. <br />Goal 7 - Kittitas County Tourism Infrastructure Plan: <br />Protect and enhance destination appeal- encourage Kittitas County businesses <br />to sustain natural habitats, heritage sites, aesthetic appeal, and local culture. <br />Prevent degradation by keeping volumes of tourists within maximum acceptable <br />limits. Seek business models that can operate profitably within these limits. Use <br />persuasion, incentives, and legal enforcement as needed. <br />This project has long been support by law enforcement agencies. <br />Goal 11 - Kittitas County Tourism Infrastructure Plan : <br />Interpret interactively - engage visitors and hosts in learning about Kittitas County <br />assets and encourage residents to present the environmental, agricultural, <br />recreational, heritage, and cultural assets of Kittitas County communities, so that <br />tourists gain a richer experience and residents develop pride in their locales. <br />Seeing the way others recreate as tourists on the Yakima River expands the <br />potential Kittitas County experiences. <br />Kittitas County Tourism Infrastructure Plan, part 7: Actions - to implement <br />geotourism potentials - the specific action tasks as well as the specific county <br />tourism infrastructure needs directly associated with the project are: <br />Action 1: Open Space Network/Regional Trail Projects <br />Rivers are water trails.. <br />Many other trails are only accessible by water. <br />Action 2: Natural Areas Access and Interpretation <br />River wildlife viewing and access to photographing areas – including seasonal <br />migration routes, nesting, and foraging areas of birds and animals. <br />How the project directly increases tourism: By providing safe access to legal river <br />access and portage.