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Group Name:
Greater Bolivar Tourism and Visitor’s Authority
Group Members:
Coday Anthony, Kia Howard, Josh Murphy, Carley Jefcoat (Sustainable
Bolivar Representative)
Group Characteristics:
The Greater Bolivar Tourism and Visitor’s Authority is a commission
created by the Bolivar County Supervisors to oversee tourism in the
county. You have a small office in the courthouse and a small staff to
run the office. The members of the commission represent a diverse array
of people in the county, including teachers, university professors,
tourism providers, travel agents, restaurant and hotel owners. You are
the executive council, the leaders of the commission. Your job is to
establish and oversee projects which would stimulate tourism, assist
people who want to create tourism venues with fundraising and finding
technical assistance. You do not work directly in tourism; that is the
job of the Chamber of Commerce and of private tourism providers.
Rather, you work in tourism development, and coordinate efforts to
advance tourism in the county.
Group Perspective:
You believe that tourism is a viable means of economic development,
although too much tourism can spoil the very thing that tourists come to
Bolivar County to see: blues heritage sites, civil rights sites,
natural sites such as the Mississippi River, and sites where famous
authors lived and worked. It is important to plan tourism activities so
that business interests can balance out protection of the sites. Your
organization defends the interests associated with tourism, which
include both the business interests of tourism providers and the
resources in the community that would make suitable tourism localities.
You believe it is important to make tourism a sustainable industry in
Bolivar County.
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