Commerce announces new grant option for travel brokers and tour operators
The North Dakota Department of Commerce right now declared that the Travel Agent and Tour Operators Grant (TATO) software window will open up June 1, at 10 a.m. CST.


The TATO is created to support vacation agents and tour operators inside the vacation and tourism marketplace that keep on to experience unfavorable impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Cash from the grant are to be utilized to reimburse eligible entities for misplaced revenue.


Eligible applicants may be awarded up to $100,000 per qualifying place. Companies ought to show a 50% profits loss from 2019-2020. Award quantities will be based on a 75% reduction of income.


Suitable entities incorporate:
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- A travel agent who guides commission-based mostly travel for non-public people or businesses.
- A tour enterprise that schedules tour information and itineraries in North Dakota.
- A transportation organization that presents bus products and services to tour planners for excursions possibly originating in North Dakota or receptive operators who deliver local providers to tour businesses bringing groups into North Dakota.




Much more data about the grant can be discovered at ndgov.connection/TATO.

