Tag: Bob Billington
Vermont-based firm to study tourism impacts on Block Island
NEW SHOREHAM – The Block Island Tourism Council has contracted a firm to study societal and environmental impacts of tourism on Block Island.
The study,...
R.I. tourism inches toward sustainability as threats from climate change, ‘overtourism’...
About 25 million visitors drive, fly and sail into Rhode Island each year. Mansions, restaurants, theaters and historical sites attract their fair share of...
Can data on ATM use aid tourism?
Although in his 29th year in the Newport tourism industry, Evan Smith is constantly looking for an edge to increase his understanding of who...
Keeping the peace in Newport
Most Newport residents understand the city benefits from its international reputation as a tourist attraction.
But an increase in unregistered, short-term rental properties cropping up...
Tourism funding frustration grows
The fiscal 2018 budget finally signed into law by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo Aug. 3 again shifts tourism funding, and some regional council directors...
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