Integrating Tourism and Recreation Travel with Transportation Planning and Project Delivery

This synthesis report will be of interest to local, regional, state, and federal officials, as well as to other transportation professionals who work with them in dealing with tourism and recreation travel. This report provides an overview of current practice at transportation agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, state tourism and parks departments, federal land management agencies, and regional planning agencies. Overall, findings reveal that many state departments of transportation are now actively involved in tourism-related planning issueseither proactively or in building solutions to infrastructure, access, or environmental issues that impinge on the success of tourism in the region.