Governor Greg Abbott in the present day introduced a brand new utility class opening for the Texas Travel Industry Recovery Grant (TTIR) program by the Governor’s Workplace of Financial Growth and Tourism, starting February 1. The TTIR program supplies one-time grants of as much as $20,000 for the restoration of Texas companies within the tourism, journey, and hospitality business that have been negatively impacted through the pandemic.
“Journey and tourism are crucial to each the Texas financial system and native economies, supporting one in 10 jobs in Texas,” mentioned Governor Abbott. “All eligible tourism-related companies in Texas are strongly inspired to use for this grant program. Whereas direct journey spending in Texas is recovering at a sooner price than nationwide averages, we proceed supporting Texas companies as they develop and broaden. Customer spending at Texas locations brings extra income into communities and spurs native job creation throughout industries in each area of our state. Working collectively, we are going to proceed to construct a good brighter Texas of tomorrow.”
Eligible candidates could obtain a one-time grant of as much as $20,000.
The brand new TTIR class opens functions February 1 for:
NAICS Code Business
532111 Passenger automotive rental
487990 Scenic and sightseeing transportation, different
487210 Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water
487110 Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land
485510 Constitution bus business
483212 Inland water passenger transportation
483114 Coastal and Nice Lakes passenger transportation
483112 Deep sea passenger transportation
481211 Nonscheduled chartered passenger air
481111 Scheduled passenger air transportation
The brand new class additionally reopens the applying course of February 1 for all earlier candidates who could now qualify for funding or for extra funding:
71 Arts, leisure and recreation
7211 Traveler lodging: motels and motels, mattress and breakfast
7212 RV parks and leisure camps; campgrounds
5615 Journey association and reservation providers; conference and guests bureaus
561920 Conference and commerce present organizers, occasion and assembly planning providers
722 Meals providers and consuming locations
312120 Breweries and microbreweries
312130 Wineries
312140 Distilleries
Candidates should submit supporting paperwork together with their utility to reveal compliance with grant and eligibility necessities.
For eligibility and grant utility particulars, deadlines, and the TTIR utility portal, go to: ttir.gov.texas.gov
To view the TTIR utility instruction video, go to: gov.texas.gov/business/page/ttir-faq
The TTIR grant program was established by Senate Invoice 8 and signed into regulation by the Governor following the 87th Legislative Session to manage $180 million of funds obtained from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Restoration Fund underneath the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism is tasked with advertising and marketing and selling the state of Texas as a premier enterprise location and journey vacation spot.
