Chamber Listens – Other people’s ideas
Topic: Tourism
I have been into anime,manga and comic books for quite some time. I noticed that it has become a little more popular than it was 5 years ago. I see that some cities do conventions. They get a lot of tourism. I really think that if we had a convention. It brings in people from all over even from Japan. So, I honestly think this would bring in lots of tourism.
We have improved the visual impact of our city's entrances via the interstate. We need to expand this effort and link with Yellowstone River beautification.
Work to get more airlines to fly into Billings.
Billings needs to get more airlines to fly in and out of our city. If the ticket prices could be comparable to the Bozeman ticket prices this would encourage people to fly into Billings. Deplanements are down, even considering the six weekend runway closures this past summer.
build a coalition of individuals, businesses, Yellowstone Co, City of Billings and TBID to gather $$ and start a not for profit organization to buy land and build a motorcycle rest area adjacent to I-90, including a motorcycle museum, giant ride map, live web cam feeds from the various suggested ride locations, etc. GIVE the over 1,000,000 motorcycle tourists a reason to stop and spend in Billings, Montana's Trailhead
Explore whether Billings should build a convention center.
Improve out gateway entrances into Billings.