Guam § 9107 - Same: Duties.

§ 9107. Same: Duties.

The Board shall:

(a) Promote visitor satisfaction with Guam as a tourist

destination and facilitate the orderly growth and

maintenance of the visitor industry;

(b) Encourage and support the employment of local

residents in job opportunities in the tourism industry.

(c) Assist in the development of adequate tourist

facilities and attractions, including local beautification

projects;

(d) Work with other entities to collect, analyze and

evaluate pertinent data on the visitor industry developed by

itself, other governmental and private agencies and publish

and disseminate comprehensive statistics and other data on

a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis. Data shall, as

reasonably available, include the number of visitors,

expenditures by visitors, points of origin and destination,

hotel occupancy, taxes collected, jobs created and lost,

percentage of U.S. and permanent residents employed at all

levels in the visitor industry, and any and all other relevant

information related to tourism and the visitor industry.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all government

agencies shall coordinate with the Bureau in providing the

data and other information required herein so as to become

an agency source for the dissemination of visitor industry

statistics and information;

(e) Provide advice and technical assistance to tourism

development organizations in planning programs to attract

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visitors, and develop and disseminate literature for

distribution to visitors, and potential visitors to this

territory;

(f) Cooperate with regional agencies promoting

Micronesia and the Mariana Islands as a tourist destination;

(g) Encourage and support local activities, programs

and development which would enhance Guam as an

attractive tourist destination;

(h) Support the marketing of local arts, handicrafts and

other manufactured products to visitors; and

(i) Encourage local cultural activities for tourist and

general public enjoyment.