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SFA to host Deep East Texas Travel and Tourism Conference

NACOGDOCHES, Texas  Business owners, travel and tourism professionals, and local economic development leaders are invited to the Stephen F. Austin State University campus to attend the Deep East Texas Travel and Tourism Conference from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

 

The conference is the first in a series of travel and tourism sessions that are part of the larger Deep East Texas Travel and Tourism Collaborative. The collaborative focuses on enhancing the preparedness of the region’s tourism workforce, developing new travel packages to attract external guests, improving existing travel and tourism practices and services, and strengthening and diversifying the regional economy.

 

“I am very excited to collaborate with this organization to help establish the best experience for destinations across the region,” said Dr. Gina Fe G. Causin, associate professor of human sciences at SFA.

 

To register for the conference, fill out the online form at tinyurl.com/DEEPETXTravel.

 

The DETTTC is a joint collaboration between faculty members at SFA and Tarleton State University.

 

“As a fifth generation East Texan and SFA grad, I am excited to promote rural travel in the East Texas area,” said Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards, professor of communication at Tarleton.

 

For more information, contact Causin at causingf@sfasu.edu or Edwards at jtedwards@tarleton.edu.

 

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Contact:

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(936) 468-2605

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