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…
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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…
Governor Noem tweeted Wednesday that “South Dakota leads the nation in tourism fgrowth because we respect our people, their rights, and their freedoms.” That blurb…