Wyoming Tourism

The Fort Bridger State Historic Site, home of the annual Mountain Man Rendezvous, is hosting a paranormal investigation at the end of July and visitors are invited to help.

Visitation records were broken this May, but June saw slightly fewer people than last year.

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.

As air travel recovers to pre-pandemic levels, Wyoming will see a new flight school before the end of the year.

The University of Wyoming is launching a new online course that will make you an expert on the topic of things to do in Laramie.

Wyoming is eyeing outdoor recreation as a valuable asset to its economy, as a new law creates a trust fund for growing the industry.In recent years, the outdoor recreation industry has blossomed in Wyoming. It accounts for 3.6 percent of the state’s economy – even higher than Colorado.So to help meet that demand, Gov. Mark Gordon signed the Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Trust Fund into law last week. It will start with $6 million that can go toward projects like new biking and hiking trails, campgrounds and even shooting ranges.

Sublette County commissioners recently voted against expanding the acreage for a planned luxury resort in Bondurant, a largely untouched area in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The decision comes after years of controversy.

Antler hunting season on public lands is a huge event in western and southern Wyoming, and residents may soon get a three-day advantage.Under House Bill 123, public lands that currently have an antler hunting season would still open to hunters on May 1 at 6 a.m., but only for Wyoming residents. Non-residents would have to wait till May 4 to participate.

Outdoor recreation is booming in Wyoming and requests to build new trails often supersede available funds. A proposed bill would have put millions of dollars toward the effort, but lawmakers voted it down for fear of it being too much money.

Outdoor recreation remains a steady part of Wyoming’s economy, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and some speculate it will continue to grow.