• Flashback Friday! The Kansas Creative Arts Industry Commission is going back to being referred to as Kansas Arts Commission. The statutory title “Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission” and its acronym, “KCAIC,” remain as the official, legal name of the state’s arts entity.  Simply put, the “Kansas Arts Commission” is easier to say; easier to remember; it conveys what the organization does; and people know what it is.  Click here to learn more about the Kansas Arts Commission.
  
• Sunflower Summer - The DMO toolkit is now available for those of you that have participating attractions in your area.  Click here for to check it out. 
• It's FAM time! Colby has hit the road with the first familiarization (FAM) trip of the year.  She has been on the road with 4 travel writers visiting sites in northwest Kansas. 

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

With visitors looking for unique offerings, smaller-scale trips, more immersion, great food, and beautiful landscapes, it’s time for rural communities to shine! There’s so much that destinations and tour operators can do to take advantage of the opportunities to provide today’s visitors with the experiences they are looking for. Every community has a story to tell, and that’s what visitors want to learn through heritage and cultural tourism, nature-based tourism, and, if your destination is surrounded by farms, farm-based tourism. This webinar teaches you what it takes to design and deliver authentic and hyper-local rural tourism experiences for leisure visitors, groups, and bleisure laptop luggers. Learn how to get noticed and become a valuable resource as travelers start the planning process earlier and anticipate taking more than one trip a year.