Commerce announces new grant option for vacation brokers and tour operators
The North Dakota Office of Commerce these days declared that the Travel Agent and Tour Operators Grant (TATO) application window will open up June 1, at 10 a.m. CST.


The TATO is built to support journey agents and tour operators within just the journey and tourism sector that go on to knowledge destructive impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Cash from the grant are to be made use of to reimburse eligible entities for lost profits.


Suitable candidates could be awarded up to $100,000 for every qualifying site. Organizations have to establish a 50% profits reduction from 2019-2020. Award amounts will be dependent on a 75% loss of earnings.


Eligible entities include things like:
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- A vacation agent who books fee-primarily based travel for personal individuals or providers.
- A tour enterprise that schedules tour information and itineraries in North Dakota.
- A transportation business that delivers bus providers to tour planners for tours possibly originating in North Dakota or receptive operators who give nearby companies to tour organizations bringing teams into North Dakota.




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

