HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – Family vacations with school-aged children are a time for fun and increasingly a time for learning. Most tourist attractions have always offered some kind of cultural or historical ...

NEMO, S.D. (SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH) -South Dakota tourism continues an upward trajectory, even as the largest annual tourist event seeks younger attendees to ensure its future. The state broke an all ...

Some South Dakota businesses saw fewer tourists than expected. But overall, western parts of the state saw visitor numbers ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. RAPID CITY, S.D. – The owners of the Fort Hays Old West Town, a ...

South Dakota has fed off the state’s connection to Native American history and heritage for decades, helping to propel the state’s tourism industry to a reported $7.6 billion economic impact in 2022.

Statewide, South Dakota saw $4.73 billion in tourism spending in 2022 with a jump to $4.96 billion in 2023. That year, the latest for which data are complete, 14.7 million visitors came to South ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — In a year that saw 14.7 million visitors who spent nearly $5 billion in the state, department of tourism secretary Jim Hagen highlighted the numbers for the Joint Committee ...

South Dakota’s tourism department set records in 2019, as 14.5 million people visited the Black Hills, Badlands National Park, Falls Park in Sioux Falls and many sites in between. The state’s ...

FORCES WITH SOUTH DAKOTA TOURISM AND SOUTH DAKOTA STATE EXTENSION TO OFFER A THREE DAY WORKSHOP CATERING TO AGRITOURISM ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. SO WITH MORE IS VISIT NEBRASKA ...