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City to create tourism department
The city of Ouray will spend some of its burgeoning lodging tax dollars to create the city’s first-ever tourism department and hire a destination marketing and tourism director to run it.
City councilors on Tuesday unanimously approved the creation of the department and the position that will go with it, saying the director will be focused less on marketing the city to visitors and more on ensuring they have a great time after they’ve arrived while protecting Ouray’s resources.
“I think it...