The purpose of this association shall be to further the advancement of the hotel/motel, bed and breakfast and campground industries and shall operate exlusively for the purpose and object of assisting and encouraging the prosperity of the Lake Charles/SWLA Membership through a broad and intense promotion of the tourist industry, by providing educational, economic, political, and ethical business information, and to this end, to bring together, and coordinate the efforts of all the forces of business, industry, and political subdivisions.