Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau (YMCTB) is the official destination marketing organization (DMO) for the County of Mariposa. It's function is to manage the branding, sales and marketing efforts for the territory to attract leisure and group overnight stays. The primary focus is to generate room nights during the off-season.
Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau is responsible for the creation and implementation of advertising campaigns and promotions which include a broad range of media and efforts consisting of television, radio, social media, online, print, promotions and event support.
Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau’s funding comes from two sources:
1) 1) 1.5% levy on room revenue collected from the visitor. This is a structured Tourism Business Improvement District with a scheduled operation guideline referred to as a Mariposa County Tourism Management District Plan.
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2) An reduced allocation from the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors – currently $50,000. Normally the allocation is between $500,000 and $600,000.
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Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau currently has five full-time staff:
CEO & Executive Director – Jonathan Farrington
Director of Marketing and Creative – Ellen Bergstone Wasil
Director of Communications – Tony McDaniel
Operations Manager – Aaron Demery
Social Media & Content Curator – Craig Polson
Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau retains several vendors to help carry out its broad range of activities:
Overseen by the Lodging Association, the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau’s focus is to promote and supports tourism-related businesses – like yours – in Mariposa County. Many of these opportunities are provided at no cost to you. Other paid options are provided as a benefit to you; resulting fees are used for additional advertising, extending our promotion of the region. Click the button below to learn about all the ways the your tourism bureau can help your business.
We are able to enhance our marketing outreach through affiliation with several organizations that help us extend our limited marketing dollars:
Mailing Address – P.O. Box 967, Mariposa, CA 95338
Physical Address – 5065 State Highway 140, Suite E, Mariposa, CA 95338
Office Hours – Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 PM
Office Phone – (209) 742-4567
Fax – (209) 742-5176
Email: info@yosemite.com
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The Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau is fully supported for blog content and is not taking submissions for content to be published on Yosemite.com from sources outside of our lodging association members or retained partners. Additionally, at the recommendation of our digital agency of record, the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau and Yosemite.com does not offer outbound links to websites that are not our local or state agency partners or our local lodging or business partners.
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