Utah. Tourist and Publicity Council

found: nuc88-112586: What 'n when in Utah ... 1965(hdg. on CU-BANC rept.: Utah. Tourist and Publicity Council; usage: Utah Tourist and Publicity Council)

found: Phone call to Council, 4/11/79(name changed from Utah Tourist and Publicity Council [no publs. in LC data base] to Utah Travel Council in 1969)

found: Wikipedia, April 27, 2016(Utah Office of Tourism; the Utah Office of Tourism has gone through many changes to become what it is today; before a specific office for tourism existed, a variety of departments and offices were responsible for marketing Utah to potential visitors and businesses; prior to 1967, tourism and publicity were under the direction of numerous departments, including the Department of Publicity and Industrial Development in 1941, the Road and Tourist Information Office in 1952, and the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council in 1953; the Utah Tourist Council handled most of the publicity for the state until the creation of the Division of Travel Development in 1967; as part of the Department of Development Services, this division increased direction while consolidating tourism and publicity goals; In 1979, the Department of Development Services turned into the Department of Community and Economic Development, but its focus remained the same; the Utah Tourist Council established many of the features found in the current Office of Tourism, but operated on a much smaller scale than it does today; the Utah Office of Tourism, as it is known today, was finally created in 2005 by Governor Jon Huntsman as part of the new Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development)

found: Utah Department of Administrative Services Division of Archives & Records Service, via WWW, April 27, 2016(Tourist and Publicity Council Minutes, 1953-1964; the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council was created within the Industrial Commission in 1953 to publicize the scenic and tourist attractions of Utah and promote the tourist trade; the Council was to plan and conduct a program of information, advertising and publicity relating to the recreational, scenic, historic, highway, and tourist advantages and attractions of the State at large; they were to assist in the coordination of the activities of persons, firms, associations, corporations, and governmental agencies who were engaged in publicizing, developing, and promoting the state)