WALLA WALLA —Visit Walla Walla (VWW) is participating in the Rural Tourism Support program offered by State of Washington Tourism and would like input from the community to help create a vision of success and identify strategies to improve the visitor experience in the region.

Anyone interested can participate in various ways - from showing up for a series of workshops and networking events to taking a brief survey to help VWW establish baselines for the project. The workshops are intended for anyone interested in strengthening the local tourism economy.

The series of workshops begins with a high-level conversation on the region’s future, on Wednesday, November 15th.

Visit Walla Walla wrote in a press release, “The subsequent full-day workshops will target leveraging the arts and culture in our community, improving the outdoor recreation experience, and identifying new ways to experience local foods. Come to one or all of them.”

November 15 – Tourism Summit: Vision + Scenario Planning

December 5 – Arts + Culture

December 6 – Outdoor Recreation

January 17 – Food + Farm Experiences

Register for workshops at https://tinyurl.com/3srkmrhh

The second way to participate is to take the survey from Visit Walla Walla, the City of Walla Walla, and the State of Washington Tourism, which are eager to hear from tourism-related stakeholders living or working in the Walla Walla Valley (including Walla Walla, Waitsburg, Dayton, College Place, and Milton-Freewater.)

Feedback will help inform what tourism should look like in the region. Please complete the survey by October 22, 2023, at https://tinyurl.com/4pkaxpd5