Travel Council

It is the Travel Council’s responsibility to promote and encourage local tourism to help broaden and strengthen the County’s economic base.  The Travel Council seeks to accomplish this through promotion and supporting recreation, tourism, and conventions in a manner that protect the beauty and scenery of our natural environment.  The objectives are to expand our market, enhance our image, change perceived weaknesses into strengths, and increase the revenue received through increased visitation.

The day-to-day functions of the office are activities that include, but are not limited to,  design work for collateral, website development and design, stories written for submission to various media outlets,  promotion of event venues and possibilities, answering of 800-line telephone calls, data processing of requests for information, management of a  local lead program, collection of transient room tax, familiarization with tour planning and execution, advertising of design work and placement, distribution of collateral for the public, management of an events grant program, and other specialty projects when time allows.

The Travel Council Director also represents the Grand County/Moab Area as President of the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition (a statewide tourism advocacy association), as Codirector of Southern Utah National Parks Advertising Coalition, as Codirector of the Canyonlands Travel Region, as a Board Member on the local Chamber of Commerce, as a member of the Dinosaur Diamond Byway Organization, as a member of the National Tour Association, and as a member of United States Travel Association.  The Travel Council also manages the contract for the Thompson Welcome Center and provides collateral for that facility as well as the Moab Information Center, visitor centers around the state, the Utah Office of Tourism, AAA offices around the country and other visitor centers outside of the state upon their request. 

Address
84 North 100 East, Moab, UT 84532

Phone
(435) 259-1370

Fax
(435) 259-1376

Office Hours
M-F 8am-5pm

Email
mdelay@discovermoab.com

What We Do

Marketing

• Radio
• Television
• Internet
• Magazines
• Social Media
• Brochures
• Trade Shows
• Consumer Shows
• Fulfillment - Lead Follow Up

Partnering

• Event Grants
• Co-op Projects
• Volunteering
• Advertising
• Consumer Shows
• Collateral
• Presentation
• Event Calendars
• Regional Partnerships
• Local Business Lead Program

Other

• Familiarization Tours
• Event Facilitation
• Event Consultation
• In House Press Releases
• In House Graphic Design
• In House Web Design

The Moab Area Travel Council has several of their own websites:

Visitor Information	Event and Facilities Promotion
www.discovermoab.com	www.moabutah.info

Transient Room Tax Information

The following tax information is provided for the convenience of Grand County lodging providers.  For questions relating to taxes, please contact the Utah State Tax Commission at 801-297-2200.

Properties located in the County:

4.70% State Sales and Use Tax
1.00% Local Sales and Use Tax
0.25% County Option Tax
3.00% Transient Room Tax  
8.95% Total Tax

Properties located in the City:

4.70% State Sales and Use Tax
1.00% Local Sales and Use Tax
0.30% Highways Tax
0.25% County Option Tax
1.10% Resort Community Tax
0.50% add'l Resort Community Tax
3.00% Transient Room Tax
1.00% Municipal Transient Room Tax
0.50% add'l Municipal Transient Room Tax
12.35% Total Tax

Some useful links:

Online business registration
https://secure.utah.gov/osbr-user/user/welcome.html

Utah State Tax Commission
www.tax.utah.gov

Transient Room Tax Publication 56
www.tax.utah.gov/forms/pubs/pub-56.pdf

Current Tax Rates
www.tax.utah.gov/sales/rates.html