Texas Tourism's mission is to enhance and extend local economic development efforts by marketing Texas as a premier travel destination in out-of-state domestic and international markets, generating non-Texan travel to the state. Travel and tourism are vital to the Texas economy, with more than $70.6 billion spent at destinations across the state in 2014. Travel spending directly supported 630,000 jobs while generating $6 billion in state and local taxes.
Musikfest is a music festival that has been held annually in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania since 1984. It is considered to be the nation's largest non-gated free music festival. The festival begins on the first Friday in August and ends on Sunday ten days later.