DISCOVER KLAMATH VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU

DISCOVER KLAMATH OPERATES A WELCOME/VISITOR CENTER WHERE OUT-OF-AREA VISITORS ARE GREETED AND HELPED ANNUALLY WITH THEIR TRAVEL PLANS. THEY RECEIVE AND FULFILL THOUSANDS OF INFORMATION INQUIRIES FROM POTENTIAL VISITORS AS A RESULT OF THEIR ANNUAL MARKETING EFFORTS TO ATTRACT VISITATION. DISCOVER KLAMATH'S MARKETING OF THE 6,150 SQUARE MILE REGION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS KLAMATH COUNTY, FOCUSES ON ACTIVE TRAVELERS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN USA. DISCOVER KLAMATH USES AN INTEGRATED MARKETING APPROACH THAT INCLUDES TRADE SHOWS, NEWSLETTERS, WEBSITES, EMAIL MARKETING, WEBSITE ADVERTISING, DIGITAL RETARGETING, MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, PUBLIC RELATIONS, DATA MINING, MARKETING PARTNERSHIPS, PRINTED MATERIALS, AND MORE. DISCOVER KLAMATH IS ALSO A PROUD CO-FOUNDER AND LEAD/MANAGING PARTNER IN "RIDE THE RIM OREGON", AN ANNUAL CYCLING EVENT WHICH BRINGS ROUGHLY 5,000 CYCLISTS INTO THE AREA EACH SEPTEMBER FROM OVER 30 STATES AND 9 COUNTRIES, RESULTING IN NEARLY $2 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM THIS SINGULAR EVENT.TOURISM THROUGHOUT KLAMATH COUNTY HAS GROWN IN RECENT YEARS AND TODAY IS ONE OF KLAMATH COUNTY'S LARGEST ECONOMIC DRIVERS. INBOUND VISITORS LEAVE OVER $380 MILLION BEHIND, WHICH SUPPORTS OVER 4,000 TOURISM-RELATED JOBS, AND SUPPORTS HUNDREDS OF LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. KLAMATH COUNTY'S SMALL 1.5% SHARE OF STATEWIDE TOURISM SUGGESTS THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UPSIDE REMAINING IN KLAMATH'S FUTURE AS FAR AS GROWING VISITATION.