• Make your nominations now! The 2024 Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Awards are now open for nominations. The Office of Minority and Women Business Development holds this annual awards program to recognize economic contributions of woman- and minority-owned businesses and communities around our state. Be sure to check out all the award categories and make your nominations by July 12th.
  • Don't Forget - If you are new to the tourism industry or know someone who is, please let them know about the our Industry Resource Guide. 
  • Check it out - Summer Sunflower venues have been announced! Read the full press release here or go to the website more information. Please help us share this exciting news on all your social channels. Also don't forget if you have participating venues in your area you can use the DMO toolkit that we have put together.
  • Did you miss a previous Travel Talk? No worries....click here. 
  • For more resources check out our Industry page. 
Sunshine in the Sunflower State
Hit the road next week and attend the Big Kansas Road Trip (BKRT), May 2-5 in Ellsworth & Lincoln counties + the community of Lucas.

There are three reasons to attend the (BKRT):

  1. If you want to get to know rural communities, attend the events offered to get a feel of how cities share their story.
  2. If you are involved in rural tourism, attend to see all the things that interest the public. Your community has these things, too.
  3. Enjoy a fun weekend of getting to know rural Kansas!

The Big Kansas Road Trip purpose is to provide the public firsthand rural experiences and to give communities an opportunity to showcase who they are and what they have. Along the way, the idea is to get people addicted to exploring!