PRINTER'S NO. 968
No. 71 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY PUNT, LAVALLE, GERLACH, KUKOVICH, MUSTO, ROBBINS,
SCARNATI, WAUGH, D. WHITE, WOZNIAK AND MELLOW, MAY 2, 2001
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 2, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of May 6 through 12, 2001, as "Tourism
2 Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The week of May 6 through 12, 2001, has been
4 selected as "National Tourism Promotion Week"; and
5 WHEREAS, "National Tourism Week" was established in 1983,
6 when the Congress of the United States passed a joint resolution
7 designating a week in May 1984 as "National Tourism Week." In a
8 White House ceremony, the President signed a Presidential
9 Proclamation urging citizens to observe the week with the
10 appropriate ceremonies and activities; and
11 WHEREAS, Tourism is a major contributor to the economy of
12 this Commonwealth, providing in excess of $26.08 billion in
13 visitor spending, over 500,000 jobs with an $11.2 billion
14 payroll and nearly $1.1 billion in tax revenues for this
15 Commonwealth; and
16 WHEREAS, Small businesses account for 94% of the travel and
17 tourism industry, but small does not equal insignificant, and
18 spending by domestic and international travelers in 1999 was
1 nearly $541.1 billion in the United States alone, making travel
2 and tourism the country's third largest retail sales industry;
3 and
4 WHEREAS, Travel and tourism is the nation's largest services
5 export, second largest employer after health services and third
6 largest retail sales industry after auto dealers and food
7 stores; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize May 6 through 12, 2001,
9 as "Tourism Week" in Pennsylvania.
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