{"id":235571,"date":"2012-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/vote-travel-bus-visits-san-diego\/"},"modified":"2012-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T07:00:00","slug":"vote-travel-bus-visits-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/vote-travel-bus-visits-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote Travel Bus visits San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

National campaign urges voters to consider potential tourism dollars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por Ashley Mackin | Noticias del centro<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(center l to r) Councilmember Todd Gloria and ConVis CEO Joe Terzi with Cote Travel representatives at the San Diego tour stop. (Photo by Daniel Solomon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On its 16th of 37 stops, the U.S. Travel Association\u2019s Vote Travel bus tour visited Petco Park in downtown on April 19. The bus tour began in Memphis, Tenn. on March 27 and ends in Tampa, Fla. on May 21.<\/p>\n

With the message of \u201cVote Travel\u201d when it comes to candidates and issues voters support in elections, Michael Jacobson, manager of grassroots efforts for the U.S. Travel Association, said the purpose of the bus\u2019s visit was to educate voters. He said the tourism industry creates 14.4 million jobs nationwide and generates $1.9 trillion for the national economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur main message is to get out there and ask people to not necessarily focus on Republican or Democrat throughout 2012, with it being such a heated election year, but to instead vote travel because travel is a bipartisan issue,\u201d Jacobson said.<\/p>\n

Saying the Bus is designed to mimic a presidential campaign, Jacobson said he asks voters to \u201ckeep in mind that travel is an important economic engine when they go to the voting polls,\u201d and that it is important for elected officials to enact policies that support travel and tourism.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times elected officials take our industry for granted and what we do for the community,\u201d he said. \u201cThey don\u2019t realize the impact we have, so its one of our main objectives to get our elected officials to realize it and consider us when they make their decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

District Three Councilmember Todd Gloria said tourism and travel are directly connected to the economy and jobs, issues about which he said his constituents are most concerned. \u201cWe know that for every voter [the priority] is the economy and jobs,\u201d Gloria said. \u201cWe need to make sure they understand that tourism is directly connected to that. That\u2019s what this effort is about today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gloria said the bus tour is also designed to draw people\u2019s attention to tourism\u2019s impact on the economy, \u201cespecially in a place like San Diego, where so many people come to visit,\u201d he said. \u201cThey spend their money, which helps creates jobs and improves our overall economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gloria also said people need to be aware of the tourism industry when they cast their votes. \u201cI hope [voters] would understand the fortunes of our city are very much connected to the tourism industry,\u201d he said, including when deciding which candidates to support.<\/p>\n

For Gloria, one of those aims includes the Convention Center expansion project, of which Gloria is a supporter. \u201cWhen you look at our efforts to expand the Convention Center, that\u2019s really ground zero when it comes to the effort to attract tourists here,\u201d he said. \u201cWe believe that expanding the Convention Center not only will allow us to keep important conventions like ComiCon in San Diego, but it\u2019ll also create 4,000 temporary construction jobs and 7,000 permanent jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Terzi, president and CEO of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the U.S. Travel Association is an important partner because of the representation they offer in Washington, D.C. \u201cU.S. Travel\u2026 works with all of our country\u2019s legislators and even President Obama in trying to promote travel and communicate how important travel is to our economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really important campaign,\u201d Terzi said. \u201c[Tourism] one of our key draws and we\u2019re happy they stopped here to say hi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gloria cited Sept. 11 as an example of people traveling less, and the economic impact that had on the economy. \u201cAfter 9\/11, people were terrified to travel. That had a huge impact on our economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had other instances where elected officials have said, \u2018you shouldn\u2019t travel\u2019 [or] \u2018I wouldn\u2019t want to fly right now.\u2019 Those are kinds of messages [we see] and we have to have other voices out there,\u201d Gloria said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I wanted to lend my voice to say, \u2018Travel is important. It\u2019s good for business, it\u2019s good for jobs and it\u2019s good for our economy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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