Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC)

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Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) is a private, non-profit organization that promotes leisure travel to Philadelphia and The Countryside®. Recognizing that leisure tourism could be an important industry for the city and region, the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and The Pew Charitable Trusts founded GPTMC in 1996. The next year, GPTMC launched the first consumer campaign inviting people to visit the five-county region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties). Today, Greater Philadelphia welcomes 10 million more leisure travelers annually than it did in 1997.

For more visitor stats, annual reports and other GPTMC publications, visit the research section.

Find all the major milestones in Philadelphia’s tourism industry since the 1980s on the Tourism Timeline.

Our Mission
GPTMC makes Philadelphia and The Countryside® a premier destination through marketing and image building that increases business and promotes the region’s vitality.