561591 — Convention and Visitors Bureaus

Description

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in marketing and promoting communities and facilities to businesses and leisure travelers through a range of activities, such as assisting organizations in locating meeting and convention sites; providing travel information on area attractions, lodging accommodations, restaurants; providing maps; and organizing group tours of local historical, recreational, and cultural attractions.

Exclusions & Cross-References

• Organizing, promoting, and/or managing events, such as business and trade shows, conventions,
• conferences, and meetings (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in
• which these events take place)--are classified in Industry 561920, Convention and Trade Show Organizers;
• and
• Organizing, promoting, and/or managing live performing arts productions, sports events, and similar
• events, such as festivals (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in which
• these events take place)--are classified in Industry Group 7113, Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and
• Similar Events.

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