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COFFEE, LATEST HAWAIIAN TOURIST ENTICEMENT

For more decades than people can remember coffee has been a huge part of the economy of Hawaii. For more than three decades that state has held a gigantic festival honoring the role coffee has played in the economy. This year is the 32nd annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival.

The organizers tell me the coffee harvest is usually late in the year, in November. This year's festival runs the first 10 days of that month.

New this year is a driving tour of the island, guided with the help of special maps and brochures. The tour lets tourists take their time and drive through the winding backroads of one of the nation's most beautiful venues.

There are nearly 30 major coffee processors in Kona country. They all forget about their rivalries and join together for the annual event. In addition to gallons of coffee, the festival features some of the best food of any American festival, along with native entertainment.

For more information see konacoffeefest.com on the Internet or write to the festival: Box 1112, Kailua-Kona, HI, 96745.

REPRINTING OUR TOURISM CONTACT LIST

Some time ago we printed the contact numbers for the tourism bureaus in all 50 states. By popular demand, here it is again. You'd be surprised how much information and how many gorgeous brochures you can get by simply contacting the states individually:

ALABAMA Bureau of Tourism and Travel, Box 4927, Montgomery, AL, 36103; ALASKA Division of Tourism, Box 110801 TIA, Juneau, AK, 99811; ARIZONA Office of Tourism, 1100 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ, 85007; ARKANSAS Department of Parks & Tourism, 1 Capitol Mall, Department 7701, Little Rock, AR, 72201; CALIFORNIA Department of Tourism, Box 1499, Sacramento, CA, 95812; COLORADO Tourism Board, 340 Highway 340, Fruita, CO, (800) COLORADO.

CONNECTICUT Department of Economic Development, Tourism Division, 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT, 06106 (800)282-6863; DELAWARE Tourism Office, 99 King's Highway, Box 1401, Department TIA, Dover, DE, 19903 (800) 441-8846; FLORIDA Tourism Industry Marketing Group, 661 E. Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32301 (888)7-FLA-USA; GEORGIA Department of Tourism, Box 1776, Department TIA, Atlanta, GA, 30301 (800) VISIT-GA; HAWAII Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Box 2359, Honolulu, HI, 96804 (800) GO-HAWAII; ILLINOIS Bureau of Tourism, 100 W. Randolph, Suite 3-400, Chicago, IL, 60601 (800) 2-CONNECT.

INDIANA Department of Commerce and Tourism, 1 North Capitol, Suite 700, Indianapolis, IN, 46204 (800) 289-6646; IOWA Division of Tourism, 200 E. Grand, Des Moines, IA, 50309 (800) 345-IOWA; KANSAS Travel and Tourism, 700 SW Harrison, Suite 1300, Topeka, KS, 66603 (800) 2-KANSAS; KENTUCKY Department of Travel Development, 500 Metro Street, 22nd Floor, Department DA, Frankfort, KY, 40601 (800) 225-TRIP; LOUISIANA Office of Tourism, Box 94291, Baton Rouge, LA, 70804 (800) 334-8626.

MAINE Office of Tourism, 189 State Street, Augusta, ME, 04333 (800)533-9595; MARYLAND Office of Tourism Development, 217 E. Redwood, 9th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21202 (800) 543-1036; MASSACHUSETTS Office of Travel and Tourism, 100 Cambridge Street, 13th Floor, Boston, MA, 02202 (800) 447-MASS; MICHIGAN Travel Bureau, Box 3393, Livonia, MI, 48151 (800) 5432-YES; MINNESOTA Office of Tourism, 121 Seventh Place East, St. Paul, MN, 55101 (800) 657-3700; MISSISSIPPI Division of Tourism Development, Box 1705, Ocean Springs, MS, 39566 (800) 927-6378.

MISSOURI Division of Tourism, Box 1055, Department TIA, Jefferson City, MO, 65102 (800) 877-1234; MONTANA Travel, Room TIA, Deer Lodge, MT, 59722 (800) VISIT-MT; NEBRASKA Division of Travel and Tourism, Box 94666, Lincoln, NE, 68509 (800) 228-4307; NEVADA Commission on Tourism, Capitol Complex, Department TIA, Carson City, NV, 89710 (800) NEVADA-8; NEW HAMPSHIRE Office of Travel and Tourism, Box 1856, Concord, NH, 09302 (800) 386-4664; NEW JERSEY Division of Travel and Tourism, 20 West State Street, CN 820, Trenton, NJ, 08625 (800) JERSEY-7; NEW MEXICO Department of Tourism, 491 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM, 87503 (800) 545-2070.

NEW YORK State Travel Information Center, 1 Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY, 12245 (800)CALL-NYS; NORTH CAROLINA Division of Travel and Tourism, 430 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC, 27603 (800) VISIT-NC; NORTH DAKOTA Department of Tourism, Liberty Memorial Building, 604 East Boulevard, Bismarck, ND, 58505 (800) HELLO-ND; OHIO Division of Travel and Tourism, Box 1001, Columbus, OH, 43216 (800)BUCKEYE; OKLAHOMA Tourism and Recreation Department, 2401 Lincoln Boulevard, Room 505-DA595, Oklahoma City, OK, 73105 (800) 654-8240.

OREGON Tourism Information, 775 Summer Street, NE, Salem, OR, 97310 (800) 547-7842; PENNSYLVANIA Office of Travel Marketing, Forum Building, Room 453, Harrisburg, PA, 17120 (800) VISIT-PA; RHODE ISLAND Tourism Division, 7 Jackson Walkway, Department TIA, Providence, RI,02903 (800) 556-2484; SOUTH CAROLINA Division of Tourism, Box 71, Columbia, SC, 29202 (800) 346-3634; SOUTH DAKOTA Department of Tourism, 711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre, SD, 57501 (800) SDAKOTA; TENNESSEE Department of Tourism, Box 23107 TNDA, Nashville, TN, 37202 (800) 836-6200.

TEXAS Department of Commerce, Box 12728, Austin, TX, 78711 (800) 888-8TEX; UTAH Travel Council, Council Hall, Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, UT, 84114 (800) 200-1160; VERMONT Department of Tourism, Box 1471, Montpelier, VT, 05601 (800) VERMONT; VIRGINIA Division of Tourism, 901 East Byrd Street, Richmond, VA 23219, (800) VISIT-VA; WASHINGTON Tourist Information, State House, Olympia, WA, 98501 (360) 725-5052; WEST VIRGINIA Division of Tourism, 2101 Washington Street East, Charleston, WV, 25305 (800) 225-5982; WISCONSIN Division of Tourism, Box 7606, Madison, WI, 53707 (800) 432-TRIP; WYOMING Division of Tourism, I-25 at College Drive, Department WY, Cheyenne, WY, 82002 (800) 225-5996.