For a long time
the United States had no
centralized national tourism office
1995 first Visit domain registered
for Mamoth California
1996 more Visit Domains follow
90% are for Destinations in the USA
1996 A private / public initiative
led by
the US Travel Association
results in a first US online presence
for tourism using the
domain
DiscoverAmerica.com
1997 Christopher Thompson
a marketing professional
joins the Tourist Board of Florida
2004 The Florida Tourist board
aquires the domain
VisitFlorida.com
10-08-2004
The Florida tourist board
rebrands as
Visit Florida
2009 VisittheUSA.com
was a small site
with sponsored Ad links
powered by ActiveAudience
2010 foundation of
Brand USA
the Destination Marketing
Organisation for the United States
under a Travel Promotion Act
under the presidency of Obama
2012 Christopher Thompson
a performant marketing expert from Florida
becomes CEO of Brand USA
2015 Official Website Launch
of VisitTheUSA.com
It is not clear who
owned the domain
VisittheUSA.com
from the day of initial inception
04-10-2015 first version
of new VisittheUSA.com online
15-11-2015
official launch day
by Brand USA
press release
DiscoverAmerica.com
redirected to the new site
VisittheUSA.com
VisittheUSA.com website
edited by
The Corporation for Travel Promotion
/ Brand USA
