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. E1L82BIL/20010S0071R0968 - 2 -