TOURIST BOARD LINZ

Country: Austria

Website: http://www.linztourismus.at

The Tourist Board Linz is the destination management organization of the city of Linz. It is a public body, who is responsible for the promotion of the city as a tourism destination.

The Tourist Board Linz’s brief includes representing the interests of the city in all matters relating to tourism, instituting measures to increase the volume of incoming tourist traffic, especially advertising, supporting any tourism measures investigated by the municipality, helping to create a modern infrastructure for the tourist industry, and promoting an understanding amongst members of the general public for the industry and its economic significance.

The fundamental strategies underlying Tourist Board Linz’s activities are coordinated by the general management by the Tourist Board Linz headed by tourism director Georg Steiner. The Tourist Board is divided into the following departments: head office, marketing and press, sales promotion, project management, business and convention bureau, tourist information center, accounting and finances.