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Illinois Conference on Tourism
I had the opportunity to attend the Conference on Tourism as part of the Bronzeville Visitors Center and Black Metropolis National Heritage Area. The conference, for the seven visitor destination regions in Illinois included sessions on marketing, trends, partnering, international recognition and Internet communication and presence. The sessions designed to stimulate and make aware the different avenues, if not traveled, should be looked into for the regional bureaus to up the ante on visitors to their region. And of course the greening of the travel experience on all levels was the hot topic. The Bronzeville delegation's reason for attending the conference was to bring awareness to the other regions and to make known the African American experience in Illinois needs to be recognized, that areas need to be preserved and funding for preservation and education is sorely needed. Not just in the Chicago region but through out Illinois, more recognition is needed to help remind visitors of the African American experience. There is not enough being done to document and preserve the movement and settlement of the African American throughout Illinois. The Bronzeville delegation hosted a dinner on the first evening of the conference to make state legislators aware these funds are urgently needed for the preservation, restoration, development and education of specific areas in Bronzeville and the Black Metropolis Heritage area that are an integral part of the African American experience not just in Chicago but in all of Illinois. Illinois does not want to lose its link to the rest of the nation in documenting the migration and experience of the African American in the United States. Chicago has a vast history to preserve to keep the experience of the African American migration alive. The Bronzeville Visitors Center presence was a strong reminder that the African American experience though ongoing, needs legislative help in preservation and education and more should be done for the African American tour experience in Chicago as well as Illinois. Funding for the African American tour experience is necessary and vital. The conference was an excellent opportunity to further the message of the Bronzeville experience, the Black Metropolis Heritage area and the coming Great Migration Centennial to the legislators and other attendees. We came away with information to help us remain up to date and on track with the tourism plan as it relates to the other Illinois destination regions and the African American experience. As well, we were there to continue to remind those the African American experience in Illinois and of course Bronzeville, still exists and needs to be preserved and funded.
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