Visit Buffalo Niagara was incorporated on March 4, 1987 and is governed by a Board of Directors responsible for the administration and operation of the organization.

VBN employs a staff of talented tourism professionals dedicated to promoting tourism and accomplishes this by soliciting national, state and regional meeting planners, motor coach tour operators, travel agents and independent consumers. In 2015, $1.7 billion dollars in traveler spending occurred in Erie County, generating $207 million in tax revenue. That’s $548 in tax savings per household in Erie County.