• It's Open! You can now order 2025 Kansas Travel Guide listings. You can find details about how to purchase your listing here or contact Andrea. If you need training on how to use the Extranet contact Kelli.
• Kansas Day is right around the corner! Kansas Tourism will be launching a video that will be a celebration of everything that makes Kansas a unique vacation destination. We need your help by re-sharing the video as soon as it's launched at 7am on Monday, January 29th on your organization's Facebook pages and on your personal profiles. Not sure what to say when you re-share? We've got some ideas for you here. 
• Don't Forget! We also need you to add coupons/deals to this page as well as adding your own Kansas Day event activities! Contact Hunter on how to do this or view the tutorial here.
• Sunflower Summer applications launch next week! Sunflower Summer offers a chance for Kansas families to explore the Sunflower State - for free! Don't miss the chance to participate in the 2024 program! Venue applications will be open January 22 - March 15. Click here to learn more about the informational webinars we will be hosting for new and returning participants next week. 

• Did you miss a previous Travel Talk? No worries....click here. 
• For more resources check out our Industry page. 

After three years of research, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) will unveil the second edition of its widely regarded rural economic development toolkit to support communities from around the United States looking to diversify their economies through outdoor recreation. Chris Perkins, Vice President of Programs at ORR and author of the Toolkit, will showcase the dozens of new resources and case studies included in the new edition, before inviting a panel of community experts from around the United States to share advice and strategies for success from their own rural economic development efforts.