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A stroll along the fern-laden trails of Spencer’s Butte in South Eugene is popular among
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This basket weaving and mask exhibit at the Hult Center in downtown Eugene is one of
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Tourism
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“There is a large segment of peo
ple who want to get into the wilder
ness,” Inouye said.
Lane County offers a diverse
landscape, including destinations
for water sports, such as the
McKenzie River — a flyfishing and
rafting destination. Also, people
come to see the Sea Lion Caves,
the Oregon Sand Dunes National
Recreation Area and Willamette
Pass, which is open to skiers and
snowboarders. Within Eugene,
many tourists enjoy the various bi
cycle trails, which take cyclists
through covered bridges, the Oak
Ridge Forests and throughout the
vast wine country in Lorane Val
ley.
Randy Dreiling of Oregon Ad
ventures, a local company offering
bike tours and information about
rafting and skydiving, said most of
his customers come from outside
the county.
“Only about one-fourth of the
mountain bikers we get are local,”
Dreiling said. “We get a lot of peo
ple from Seattle, and almost 80
percent of the mountain bikers
come from Portland.”
The Eugene Saturday Market,
which has been providing arts and
crafts from local vendors for 32
years, is a unique attraction that
draws tourists to the city.
“People love to shop for unusu
al things,” market spokeswoman
Kim Still said. “The crowd — the
whole scene — is colorful and lo
cal.”
All things sold at the market are
handcrafted and made in Eugene.
Still said that seeing people act un
inhibited is a great attraction in it
self.
“A lot of tourists are brought by
relatives,” Still said. “People bring
family members and then tell me,
‘Aunt Martha is still talking about
the girl with her belly painted.’”
Each year, the county gives
tourism grants to organizations
and businesses in Eugene that
work to attract tourists and keep
them in the county for several
days.
The grant is funded by the
“room tax,” which is a tax on hotel
and motel rooms in the county.
This year, the program received 44
applications and was able to fully
fund 14 of them and partially fund
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Convention and Visitors
Association
eight.
“In the last three years, the num
ber of groups asking for money has
really increased,” said Loralyn Os
borne, Lane County marketing and
volunteer coordinator. “We usual
ly fund special events and conven
tions because they will draw large
numbers of people and require
that they eat and sleep in the city
for the length of the event.”
These include annual events
such as the Oregon Bach Festival.
“We get people outdoors and
then draw them into the restau
rants, hotels and shopping,” In
ouye said.
The culture of the city — includ
ing the Eugene Ballet, the monthly
art walk, the 5th Street Market,
various restaurants and the Uni
versity — create the appeal that
brings people in, Inouye said.
“More and more people in the
world look alike,” Inouye said.
“But when you come to Eugene
and experience the festivals or the
Saturday Market, people are
unique again.”