tourism

The visitor facility is owned by the U.S. Forest Service and was operated by them until closing in 2012. It was briefly reopened in 2019 and is now being leased to Sheridan County Travel & Tourism to operate this summer. It's one of two visitor centers in the Bighorn National Forest.

Small towns in the Mountain West are leading the pack when it comes to economic success, according to a recent report by Heartland Forward.

The number of Wyoming residential snowmobilers is on the decline, according to a new report, but non-residential riders are on the rise.

By now, you’ve probably carved your pumpkins, picked out your costumes, and bought your candy. But there’s one other Halloween activity that may still be on your list: a ghost tour.

The city regularly hosts a wide variety of athletic events, including events and tournaments for baseball, basketball, wrestling, soccer, hockey, football, swimming and diving, and dance, among others. An increased emphasis has been placed on hosting additional events. There are also tentative plans on expanding the city's athletic infrastructure to increase capacity. Sports tourism has proven to provide a boost to the local economy when seasonal tourism slows down.

National Park Service locations report how many people visit, how much tourists spend and how many jobs that creates every year. In 2021, those visitors spent more than $20 billion.

As Wyoming’s top industry of coal mining declines, the state is looking to diversify its economy, including industries like outdoor recreation tourism.

On a recent weekday evening, a few members of the Sublette County Trails Association were updating some old mountain bike trails just outside of Pinedale. They were deciding the best way to reestablish a trail that had partly given way to Mother Nature with overgrown foliage. These specific trails were built for downhill mountain biking back in the late 90s.

Lander and South Pass City are officially ‘gateway’ communities along the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) as of Wednesday, August 24, and the hope is the designation will bring more business and tourism to the towns.

The Cody Country Chamber of Commerce is asking all Bighorn Basin businesses to fill out a survey about how the Yellowstone National Park flooding has impacted them.Back in 2020, the park closed because of the pandemic and recently it closed for a couple of weeks due to historic flooding that ruined roads and bridges.