Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices, named one of the “Top 15 Tourism Marketing Blogs And Websites To Follow in 2018.” What a better model of destination development than the Manatee County visitors bureau asking for $500,000 in reserve funds for red-tide cleanup Manatee County (FL) has deployed an emergency management team to help clean up dead fish left behind by the red tide algae bloom that has killed wildlife and hurt business in…