Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation

Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation

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Agency overview
Formed	1972
Preceding agency	Industrial Development and Park Department
Headquarters	900 North Stiles Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Minister responsible	Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, Oklahoma Secretary of Tourism and Branding
Website	otrd.travelok.com

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The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation is a department of the government of Oklahoma within the Tourism and Branding Cabinet. The Department is responsible for regulating Oklahoma's tourism industry and for promoting Oklahoma as a tourist destination. It is the Department which established regional designations for the various parts of the state which are in common use today: Red Carpet Country (Northwest, being the Panhandle and North Central), Green Country (Northeast), Frontier Country (Central), Choctaw Country (Southeast), Chickasaw Country (South Central), and Great Plains Country (Southwest).^[1][2]

The department is under the direction of the executive director, who is appointed by the governor. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission serves in an advisory board to the executive director and is made up of eight members of the public, along with the lieutenant governor of Oklahoma serving as the ninth member and chair of the commission.

The Department of Tourism and Recreation was created in 1972 during the term of Governor David Hall.