CODE OF VIRGINIA RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES; LOCAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES (§ 15.2-5506) The local tourism development committees established in § 15.2-5505 shall: 1. Promote and assist tourism development in their individual participating localities; 2. Develop and assist in the implementation of a tourism development plan to increase tourism revenue in their respective participating localities; 3. Encourage individuals, businesses and their local government to invest in tourism development as an integral part of overall economic development; and 4. Assist the regional Tourism Development Authority in planning and implementing a regional tourism development plan. HISTORY: 1993, c. 663, § 15.1-1399.23; 1994, c. 160; 1997, c. 587.