00SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                                                 
01 Declaring support for the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council and support for full                                         
02 funding of the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council.                                                                        
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:                                                                                           
04  WHEREAS the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council represents the visitor industry on                                        
05 a statewide basis with a cooperative marketing program that blends marketing expertise from                             
06 both the public and private sectors; and                                                                                
07  WHEREAS this cooperative marketing program benefits small state businesses by                                          
08 placing national tourism markets within their reach; and                                                                
09  WHEREAS this cooperative marketing program provides the foundation for the                                             
10 economic stability of the entire visitor industry in the state; and                                                     
11  WHEREAS over the past five years this cooperative marketing program has                                                
12 dramatically increased the number of visitors coming to the state, which has stimulated the                             
13 economic growth of the state and provided state residents with jobs and prosperity that would                           
14 not have been available otherwise; and                                                                                  

01  WHEREAS this economic growth and the resulting economic stability far outweigh                                         
02 the cost of the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council and its programs; and                                                  
03  WHEREAS economic instability and the loss of jobs for state residents are anathema                                     
04 to good government;                                                                                                     
05  BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate declares its support for the Alaska Tourism                                             
06 Marketing Council and supports full funding for the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council.