Kentucky Travel Industry Association

Kentucky Travel Industry Association Advocacy for Kentucky's Travel Industry Since 1980. KTIA is the travel industry’s private advocate in Frankfort, and employs a professional lobbying team.
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With their full-time staff, they produce four statewide travel conferences and the Traverse Awards competition recognizing industry professionals for talent, creativity and effectiveness in marketing. A Top-10 Festival and Events program, an annual Media Auction, awards for Distinguished Service, Member-to-Member discount programs and the Kentucky Tourism Institute are all benefits of this professional Association.

06/12/2026
06/11/2026
We are now accepting entries for the 2026 Traverse Awards for Excellence in Kentucky Tourism! All members are eligible t...
06/11/2026

We are now accepting entries for the 2026 Traverse Awards for Excellence in Kentucky Tourism! All members are eligible to participate and winners will be announced during the 2026 Kentucky Travel Industry Annual Conference in Lexington this November.

For full details, visit ktia.com/traverse-awards.

06/11/2026
Tourism isn't just about welcoming visitors...it creates quality jobs, boosts our local economies and enhances the quali...
06/11/2026

Tourism isn't just about welcoming visitors...it creates quality jobs, boosts our local economies and enhances the quality of life for all Kentuckians. The 2025 numbers speak for themselves. Tourism is essential to ! ⬇️👏👏

Join us in congratulating the brilliant Cleo Battle, Louisville Tourism's President & CEO, for being awarded the 2026 Me...
06/08/2026

Join us in congratulating the brilliant Cleo Battle, Louisville Tourism's President & CEO, for being awarded the 2026 Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Industry Leader Award!

The industry is grateful for your leadership, vision and passion. Bravo Cleo 👏 👏

We love seeing so many our KTIA members at this year's Southeast Tourism Society's Marketing College. Learning never end...
06/04/2026

We love seeing so many our KTIA members at this year's Southeast Tourism Society's Marketing College. Learning never ends!

Happy birthday, ! 234 years old never looked so good. 🎂🎉🥳📷: Kentucky State Parks
06/01/2026

Happy birthday, ! 234 years old never looked so good. 🎂🎉🥳

📷: Kentucky State Parks

The industry powers the commonwealth's economy. In 2024 alone, it generated $14.3 billion in economic impact and suppo...
05/28/2026

The industry powers the commonwealth's economy. In 2024 alone, it generated $14.3 billion in economic impact and supported over 97,000 jobs. It is an integral part of Kentucky's economy and one of it's most powerful engines of growth and prosperity.

📷: Visit LEX

Travel is not a luxury nor an afterthought. Travel powers local economies, connects communities, supports millions of jo...
05/27/2026

Travel is not a luxury nor an afterthought. Travel powers local economies, connects communities, supports millions of jobs and enriches lives in ways that can’t always be measured on a spreadsheet. That's the power of tourism.

📷: Hart County Tourism

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931 E Main Street
Frankfort, KY
40601

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+15022238687

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