Govenor's Conference takes over South Boston

Hundreds of Massachusetts tourism organizations took over South Boston last Friday to discuss the economic climate and how it will effect tourism here in the US. Although these are certainly tough times, economists and researchers at the conference say that tourism in New England is outperforming the rest of the country!

One of the more positive portions of the conference was when the Massachusetts Office of Tourism and Travel unveiled their new colorful ad campaign featuring the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Governor Deval Patrick was even able to answer a few questions about tourism, the economy, even the proposed gas tax.

Boston Movie Tours was on hand to meet and greet with the industry folk. People have been asking us, "How is the economy going to effect movies, specifically movies made in Boston?" The sad truth is that less movies are going to be made because there is considerably more risk that movies won't recoup their costs. The good news for Massachusetts is that movie studios will try to save as much money as they can, and they're going to shoot where it is least expensive. So far we have a TV pilot being filmed and two major movies set to film April/May. Stay tuned for details on that.