Same: Duties

The Board shall:

(a)Promote visitor satisfaction with Guam as a tourist destination and facilitate the orderly growth and maintenance of the visitor industry;

(b)Encourage and support the employment of local residents in job opportunities in the tourism industry.

(c)Assist in the development of adequate tourist facilities and attractions, including local beautification projects;

(d)Work with other entities to collect, analyze and evaluate pertinent data on the visitor industry developed by itself, other governmental and private agencies and publish and disseminate comprehensive statistics and other data on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis. Data shall, as reasonably available, include the number of visitors, expenditures by visitors, points of origin and destination, hotel occupancy, taxes collected, jobs created and lost, percentage of U.S. and permanent residents employed at all levels in the visitor industry, and any and all other relevant information related to tourism and the visitor industry. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all government agencies shall coordinate with the Bureau in providing the data and other information required herein so as to become an agency source for the dissemination of visitor industry statistics and information;

(e)Provide advice and technical assistance to tourism development organizations in planning programs to attract COL9/7/2021 CH. 9 GUAM VISITORS BUREAU visitors, and develop and disseminate literature for distribution to visitors, and potential visitors to this territory;

(f)Cooperate with regional agencies promoting Micronesia and the Mariana Islands as a tourist destination;

(g)Encourage and support local activities, programs and development which would enhance Guam as an attractive tourist destination;

(h)Support the marketing of local arts, handicrafts and other manufactured products to visitors; and

(i)Encourage local cultural activities for tourist and general public enjoyment.