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Dick Pope Institute Mission

The Institute's mission is to improve the quality of the tourism product and increase the benefits of the tourism industry to the State of Florida, and the local Central Florida community. From its inception, the Institute adopted three major objectives:

1. Research:
2. Public Awareness:
3. Education:


		The Institute conducts two types of research activities: proprietary and public domain. In proprietary research, the Institute is involved in a variety of commercial research projects that are commissioned and paid by tourism enterprises. In public domain research, the Institute conducts a variety of research projects that are of public interest. These projects are published not only in academic and trade journals, but also disseminated the tourism industry through newspapers and reports.

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