tourism

Looking at visitation over the entire year, Yellowstone is just over 42,000 visitors shy of matching the record set in 2021.

Fewer regulations could speed up the process of getting stations in the ground.

Tourists are expected to hit the road in the months ahead as Route 66 turns 100 years old.

Hotel and rental bookings are up slightly compared to last summer according to data from 17 western destinations, including Vail, Colo., Sun Valley, Idaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyo.

The plans for the Taggart Lake area include a larger parking lot, as well as new toilets, sinks and a drinking water station.

This July, the park tallied 975,109 recreation visits. That’s 2% fewer visits than last year and 10% down from the record-setting year of 2021.

Jackson Lake Lodge guests from 38 states and 7 countries are being contacted for treatment consideration after bats were reportedly found in several rooms.

This summer may be one of the last times Jackson Hole tourists don’t pay a local lodging tax.

For years, it’s been an open secret that the seemingly pristine body of Lonesome Lake in the Wind River Range isn’t so pristine. Now, new federal data suggest it’s actually 384 times higher in fecal matter than what’s considered safe.

At nearly 1.7 million visitors from the start of the year through June, visitation is 4% higher than it was through this time last year and 6% higher than the same timeframe in 2021.