Glacier Country Regional Tourism Commission

Glacier Country Tourism is a nonprofit destination stewardship organization with a focus on ensuring economic sustainability for the region while preserving the quality of life for residents and quality of place for visitors. Our destination stewardship strategy provides our 75+ communities and tourism industry with a 10-year action plan for responsibly stewarding our destination and promoting the economic health of the region. We are recognized as the official destination organization (DO) for Western Montana and are funded in part by the state accommodations tax (bed tax) and by private partnership funds. Our region includes Flathead, Glacier, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli and Sanders counties. We create a destination organization plan yearly to:BE an advocate for Western MontanaENCOURAGE responsible tourism and recreationENHANCE experiences in rural communitiesSHAPE demand and disperse visitorsFOSTER stronger stakeholder alignment and collaboration