FACTS AND FIGURES

• Ohio has 12 Travel Information Centers (TICs) located on the major highways in the state. A 12th TIC is located in the lower level of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.
  
• The centers are open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. except for major winter holidays. The Statehouse TIC is open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  
• Trained and professional travel counselors are available to assist the public in finding, recommending and directing them to numerous destinations in Ohio. 
  
• Three to four hundred tourism brochures, maps and hotel discount coupons are available to the public at no charge. Vending machines with various drinks and snack foods are available at most of the centers.
  
• In 2002, more than 1.2 million people from all 50 states and dozens of countries including Canada, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Japan, France, Germany, and Poland visited the centers.
  
• Numerous travel related information ranging from antique shops, bed & breakfasts, campgrounds, festivals, hotels, museums, state parks, theme parks, and zoos is easily accessible within the TICs.
  
• Whether you are traveling on business or for pleasure, stop by one of Ohio’s Travel Information Centers and discover the many things to explore in the great "Buckeye State."

For more information about Ohio’s Travel Information Center program contact Paul Staley, TIC Section Chief at (614) 728-5078.