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  <br />   <br />   <br />   <br />2 <br />As a result, the BOCC and the LTAC commissioned this Kittitas <br />County Tourism Infrastructure Plan to determine the following: <br /> <br />§ Trends – including estimates of past annual Kittitas County <br />tourist volumes and expenditure patterns for accommodations, <br />food service, food stores, transportation and gas, arts, <br />entertainment, and recreation, and retail sales services in the local <br />economy. <br />§ Profiles – of Kittitas County tourists including place of <br />residence, age, household status, education, income, method of <br />travel, information sources, and other characteristics. <br />§ Projections – of potential tourist volumes and expenditures <br />that could be drawn to Kittitas County attractions were geotourism <br />assets properly supported, marketed, and promoted including <br />which assets potentially generate the greatest cost/benefit return <br />for the use of capital project lodging taxes. <br />§ Assets – including existing and potential geotourism heritage, <br />cultural, environmental, agricultural, and recreational destinations <br />and attractions Kittitas County tourists attend and are interested in <br />attending were they properly supported, marketed, and promoted. <br />§ Actions – Kittitas County should take to effectively develop the <br />capital projects (infrastructure) to capture this potential and the <br />lead agents and supporting players necessary to successfully <br />accomplish each capital project requirement. <br />§ Implementation – criteria to be used to generate, score, and <br />rank future capital project applications in order to realize the <br />tourism market and local economic benefits identified above. <br /> <br />The findings and recommendations for these objectives are <br />provided in the following chapters corresponding to each objective. <br />Detailed information is provided in the Appendices to this plan.