Visit Visit McKinney helps to bring visitors to the city by promoting McKinney as a destination for business and leisure travelers. It operates the city's Visitor Center and provides a number of free services to individuals planning weddings, tours, reunions, meetings and more.

Funding the services

-13% is the occupancy tax collected by McKinney hotels

-6% goes to the state

-7% goes to the city to help fund Visit McKinney

-$712,000 was the Visit McKinney budget for fiscal year 2018-19

Benefits of tourism

In fiscal year 2018-19, the city had:

-860,280 overnight visitors

-$229 million in traveler spending

-1,970 jobs related to tourism and hospitality -Offering brochures, maps, and calendars;

-Helping secure hotel room blocks and rate negotiations;

-Conducting site visits and suggesting venues to suit the needs of the visitor or event planner;

-Negotiating meeting or event venue contracts;

-Creating itineraries for areas of interest including history, do-it-yourself, environmental, gardening and live entertainment;

-Supplying visitors with contact information for local vendors; and

-Providing goody bags for our-of-town guests in hotels.