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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Office of Tourism
Connecticut Tourism Council

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page :  
Not available

Statutory Authority :
Not available

Agency History :

1979, Dept. of Economic Development established by P.A. 77-614. From 1979-1992, an office within the Dept. focused on tourism, using
         several different names over the years : Governors Vacation Travel Council; Governors Tourism Council; Tourism Division ; Marketing
         Services; Marketing Division; and Marketing and Tourism Division.
1992, October 1, The Office of Tourism is established within the Dept. of Economic Development. The Connecticut Tourism Council
        
 is also established, within the Dept. of Economic Development for administrative purposes only, to provide oversight of the Office of
          Tourism.(CGS Sec. 32-301)
1995, October, Dept. of Economic Development becomes the Dept. of Economic and Community Development.
          Tourism functions transfer to the Dept. of Economic and Community Development
2003, June 30, Office of Tourism and Connecticut Tourism Council merge with other agencies to form the
          Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History, and Film per P.A. 03-6.

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Agency Documents and Records in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut Tourism Council.
Connecticut. Dept. of Economic Development. Marketing and Tourism Division.
Connecticut. Office of Tourism.

Annual Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc Ec55tou rep]

Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor, under the Tourism or Marketing sections of the Dept. of Economic Development or the Dept. of Economic and Community Development. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d]

State Archives Record Group : RG 22 (Dept. of Economic and Community Development)

List of Chairmen :

Names Years of Service

Governors Vacation Travel Council

 
Richard Combs 1980-1983
Carl A. Candels 1984-1985
Walter Schoenknecht 1986-1987

Governors Tourism Council

 
William M. Kuehn 1988
William C. North 1989
Geraldine Munroe 1990
Allan Beavers 1991-1992

Connecticut Tourism Council

 
Joseph J. McGee 1993-1994
Arthur H. Diedrick 1995
Peter N. Ellef 1996-1997
James F. Abromaitis 1998-2003

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 8/2008.