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Travel Industry Association of America
http://www.tia.org/home.asp
--The association started back in 1973 and conducts statistical, economic and market research concerning travel. Program objectives include: monitoring trends in travel activity and the travel industry; measuring the economic impact of travel on geographic areas; evaluating the effect of government programs on travel and the travel industry and forecasting travel activity and expenditures.

ITA Tourism Industries
http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/
--The Office of The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tourism Industries fosters tourism trade development and represents the United States in tourism-related meetings with foreign government officials. The Office also serves as the principal point-of-contact for the U.S. tourism industry on policy and tourism trade development issues. The Office is responsible for furthering the recommendations in the national tourism strategy from the White House Conference on Travel and Tourism (WHCTT). The Office interacts with the Commerical Service to advise and assist the both the foreign and domestic commercial service officers on matters of policy, technical assistance and research.

Travel and Tourism Research Association
http://www.ttra.com/
--TTRA is an international network of more than 800 travel and tourism research and marketing professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds. Organized in 1970 and joined together in a nonprofit venture, members learn from one another and develop systems that help them grow professionally.

World Tourism Organization
http://www.world-tourism.org/
--The World Tourism Organization is the leading international organization in the field of travel and tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how. WTO's membership includes 139 countries and territories and more than 350 Affiliate Members representing local government, tourism associations and private sector companies, including airlines, hotel groups and tour operators. With its headquarters in Madrid, Spain WTO is an inter-governmental body entrusted by the United Nations towards the promotion and development of tourism. Through tourism, WTO aims to stimulate economic growth and job creation, provide incentives for protecting the environment and heritage of destinations, and promote peace and understanding among all the nations of the world.

Tourism Research Links
http://www.waksberg.com/
--This site is maintained by Rene Waksberg who also manages the Webring. "The purpose of the Tourism Research Webring is to link together tourism research Websites currently scattered all over the Web. Through navigation links found most often at the bottom of member pages, visitors can travel all or any of the sites in a ring. They can move through a ring in either direction, going to the next or previous site, or listing the next five sites in the ring."