Kansas City: Welcoming All with Inclusive Midwestern Hospitality
Kansas City is an open, inclusive and inviting destination. Every day, Visit KC leads the region in welcoming visitors from all walks of life, regardless of race, background, preferences or experiences. Known for its Midwestern hospitality and welcoming nature, the diversity of KC’s visitors and citizens is matched only by the depth of experiences available.
From community festivals that celebrate the city’s rich, cultural fabric to world-class attractions and museums, it’s clear that Kansas City is an innovative, authentic destination where the energy is palpable and business is booming. It’s a destination that embraces all who live and work, visit and play in the region. It’s one where enhancing product development, improving quality of life and raising the destination’s profile are paramount. As the region’s official destination marketing organization, it is Visit KC’s obligation to shepherd the positive momentum forward and to work in close concert with its partners to showcase here and abroad “How We Do Kansas City.”
Kansas City dreams big to live big. Kansas City continues to move forward for betterment of the next generation, stands behind its diversity and proudly extends an open invitation for all to come experience it.
Visit KC Statement
Statement from CiCi Rojas, Chair of Visit KC, in response to NAACP’s Missouri Travel Advisory
"Kansas City is an open, inclusive and inviting destination. Every day, Visit KC leads the region in welcoming visitors from all walks of life, regardless of race, background, preferences or experiences. It is unfortunate that the first travel advisory ever issued by the NAACP, at the state or national level, unduly targets only travel in Missouri..."
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Statement from Mayor Sly James
Statement from Mayor Sly James on the recent travel advisory issued by the NAACP for the State of Missouri
"Kansas City faces historic inequities that cities and states across the United States have struggled to overcome for as long as this nation has existed. We don’t run from the hard work of progress, however. Justice, equality and fairness are fundamental to our future as a community..."
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MTC and MACVB Letter to Members
Letter sent to all members of the Missouri Travel Council and Missouri Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus
"We wanted to provide you with an overview and our response regarding the NAACP Travel Advisory for Missouri.
This situation arose from the passage and the signing into law of SB 43 which will go into effect on August 28th. Pure and simple, this law deals with legal recourse available to those that feel that they have been unfairly discriminated against in the workplace. SB 43 brings Missouri’s standards regarding discrimination in the workplace in line with the standards of 38 other states and the United States federal government regarding the burden of proof required in EEOC and ADA claims..."
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