Tourism Administration is responsible for providing direction to the Office of Tourism. Responsibilities include applied research, coordination of tourism programs, strategic planning, and branding the state globally. Additionally, the Utah Film Commission reports to the Managing Director of the Office of Tourism.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,161,800 from all sources for Administration. This is an 8.2 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $1,161,800 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 8.2 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
Appropriations to this program come from the General Fund.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.