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About the Portland Tourism Development District
MISSION
The mission of the Portland Tourism Development District (PTDD) is to enhance tourism-related activities and infrastructure in the City of Portland by promoting tourism, improving the physical environment, fostering economic development, providing visitor services, facilitating collaboration among stakeholders, and funding these efforts through special assessments on local businesses. The PTDD is dedicated to attracting more visitors, improving the local economy, and ensuring a positive visitor experience by working collectively with tourism-related businesses, local government, and other partners to achieve our goals.
Our HISTORY
The Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau dba/Visit Portland was formed in October of 1982 by a group of hoteliers wishing to focus on marketing to the visitor and meetings industry. After nearly 33 years, in 2015, the organization and its Board of Directors began researching the potential of creating a creative funding mechanism for destination marketing. It was then that the concept of a Tourism Improvement District (TID) was introduced. Seeing the success of over 170 destinations implementing a TID in 2019, they enlisted Civitas's assistance to form a Tourism Improvement District. After four years and several ups and downs, the Portland Tourism Development District (PTDD) was the 210th district formed in the United States.
GOVERNANCE
The PTDD is governed by a twelve-member board of directors comprised of a hotel majority from the City of Portland, non-PTDD Visit Portland Partners, and a non-voting ex-officio city representative. The board oversees the careful stewardship of PTDD dollars to create solid and measurable results in attracting tourism activity, increasing overnight stays, and growing Portland’s tourism market share.
