# Press Room

### Welcome to Travel Oregon’s press room. If you’re a journalist looking for story ideas, fact-checking or compelling photography, or if you’re interested in coming to see Oregon for yourself, you’ve come to the right place.

### About Travel Oregon

The Oregon Tourism Commission, dba Travel Oregon, is a semi-independent state agency whose mission is to inspire travel that uplifts Oregon communities. Collaborating with stakeholders to align as stewards of Oregon, we work to optimize economic opportunity, advance equity and respect the ecosystems, cultures and places that make Oregon…Oregon. Travel Oregon aims to improve Oregonians’ quality of life by strengthening the economic impacts of the state’s $14 billion tourism industry, which employs 118,500 Oregonians.