Professional Service Agreement 2022- Chamber

Home Browse Search

Professional Services Agreement (rev. 09/24/2018) Page 22 of 30 In Person Visits via Visitor Centers Physical location and days/hours: The main Ellensburg Visitor Center is located on 609 N Main Street. The location will be open October thru May six (6) days a week Monday-Friday 9a-5p and Saturday’s 10a-2p. May thru September seven (7) days a week Monday-Friday 9a-5p and Weekends 10a-2p. The Cle Elum Visitor Center is open Monday-Saturday from 10a- 4p year round, and hours may change slightly due to tourism traffic and contract funding. Staffing includes 4 P/T reception personnel for the front counter, 1 P/T Tourism Assistant, and 1 F/T Tourism +Events Director that supervises and manages the VIC, Festival and Events, Destination Marketing, Collateral, Website and Partner interaction. Lodging Tax Partners Partners Currently the tourism department has a database of over 150close partners that are local businesses featured in our campaign, make up our tourism committee, and/or are involved in County events. We meet with a variety of partners regularly, and work with them to develop tourist-facing content that ties into their various industries. We also feature each partner throughout our tourism marketing campaign on CentralWashingtonOutdoor, MyEllensburg, and DiscoverCleElum.com. Brochures Produced/Printed The Tourism Department produces approximately 50,000 visitor guides and maps each year that feature activities available including festivals and events, retail, lodging listings and other community information that most travelers will base their trips upon. Additional information to be included in 2022 will focus on our Recreate Responsibly program. While embracing many of the concepts of Recreate Responsibly - we plan to launch the Kittitas County Adventure Pledge. This will shift some of the focus from tourism promotion to tourism management.