HomeMy WebLinkAbout050520-05.1DANVILLE • CALIFORNIA NATIONAL TRAVEL & TOURISM WEEK MAY 3-9, 2020 WHEREAS, travel has a critical role in the Tri -Valley and the nation's economic prosperity; and WHEREAS, travel has been the foundation of a healthy workforce, serving as one of the largest private -sector employers in the U.S., supperting15.8 million jobs in2019, including_2million_dir_ertlyin_the_tr_avel_industry and 6.8 million in other industries; and WHEREAS, District 15 of the Tri -Valley encompassing Danville generates $2.1 billion in visitor spending into the economy, supports over 14,550 employees and provides for $485.2 million in payroll expenses; totaling more than $74million in tax receipts from 1.53 million visitors; and WHEREAS, businesses and workers in the travel industry were some of the first and hardest hit by the economic crisis resulting from coronavirus; and WHEREAS, travel and tourism -dependent businesses, 83% of which are small businesses, depend on our community's support through and after this crisis; and WHEREAS, even while the Tri -Valley cannot welcome visitors in person, the spirit of travel and hospitality remains the enduring ethos of the travel industry and the Town of Danville; and WHEREAS, the spirit of travel will be a necessary and prominent component of our return to everyday life and must be supported and protected at all costs; now therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council does hereby proclaim May 3-9, 2020 as National Travel and Tourism Week in the Town of Danville and urge the citizens of Danville to join us in recognizing the critical role of this industry in the Tri -Valley. TN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 5th day of May 2020. WE L LISA BLACK VICE MAYOR arOfb IREN G.1' EPPER, OR STORER, COUNCILMEMBER NEWELL ARNERICH, COUNCILMEMBER