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<br />Budget Notes <br />Paris Visitors and Convention Council <br />2007-08 <br /> <br />INCOME <br />Motel Tax: based upon the best estimate as of this date. If the income is less than expected, it will be <br />necessary to reduce the budget. <br /> <br />Other income: from the sales of souvenirs, maps, etc. <br /> <br />Tour de Paris: registration fees from the participants. <br /> <br />Visitors Guide: percentage of guide profit from ads sold by the publisher. <br /> <br />EXPENSES <br />1. Print advertising to promote Paris in general include: <br /> <br />TxDOT (Texas -Highways & <br />State Travel Guide) <br /> <br />11,200.00 <br />4,750.00 <br />4,800.00 <br /> <br />ETTA <br />Billboard Advertising <br /> <br />TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,750 <br /> <br />2. Event Promotion Assistance is for events held locally to encourage out-of-town attendance. <br />TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,000 <br /> <br />3. Visitor and convention promotion materials are so popular and well used in the solicitation and <br />servicing of groups. <br /> <br />TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 <br /> <br />4. Convention Promotion provides assistance to conventions held in Paris and the promotion of Paris to <br />groups for meetings such as the Chaparral Square Dance, TxDOT District Meetings, Texas State <br />Cushman & National Mustang Meets. <br /> <br />TOTAL. .. . . . . . . . . .. .. $5,000 <br /> <br />5. Arts Allocation in support of the Paris Area Arts Alliance ($10,000) and the Paris Municipal Band <br />($10,000). <br /> <br />TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . $20,000 <br /> <br />6. Professional Association Members Dues in Texas Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus, <br />Texas Travel Industry Association, Texas Hotel/Motel Association, Red River Valley Tourism <br />Association, Northeast Texas Tourism Association, DallaslFort Worth Regional Tourism Council <br />TOTAL. .. . . .. . ... .... $2,700 <br />