The Minneapolis Fed, with help from the Minnesota state tourism office and the state’s hotel lobbying group, surveyed over 300 tourism businesses in late August…
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On Friday, Governor Kristi Noem exhorted people to “Join me in continuing to support our robust tourism industry” and “welcome and encourage every visitor to…
The headline here comes directly from Kristi Noem in her latest weekly propaganda column, which for once rings profoundly if unintentionally true: Given that she…
Hooray for corndog taxes! The state reports tax revenues at the State Fair were up this year: Tax collections from the 2022 South Dakota State…
Sturgis Rally traffic was down 4.4% from last year. Those fewer folks apparently spent even less per person than did last year’s riders and oglers—we’ve…
The good news: the Department of Transportation counted over half a million vehicles entering Sturgis during the famed motorcycle Rally that ended last weekend. The…
I was going to celebrate the announcement that DeSmet boosters would like to build a trail through the slough to isolated Laura Ingalls Wilder landmark…
Inflation schminflation—rising gas prices won’t hurt South Dakota, as long as we remain our warm and charming selves: Deb Schuetzle, operator of the Hitching Horse…
KELO-TV reports that the Department of Tourism has issued its big new contracts for luring visitors to South Dakota. All four contracts are going to…
Game Fish & Parks data on camping suggest the covid-deniers’ tourism surge may be over. According to data toward the end of the GF&P Commission…