Tourism and leisure

A Take on Tourism

Old-fashioned vacations are back

More simply, it’s a memorable vacation where you do exciting stuff and have lots of fun. What makes a vacation…

June 7, 2016

Business

U.S. projects record summer gasoline demand

behind wheel comes amid low pump prices

June 7, 2016

Regional News

Utah enjoys record season for ski visitors

The nearly 4.5 million skier visits in the 2015-16 season surpassed the previous high of 4.2 million in 2007-08, Ski…

June 2, 2016

Local News

Experienced hands pass on river-running knowledge

Recent graduates from Flagstaff looking for summer work. A family who just scored a permit to raft the Grand Canyon…

June 1, 2016

Regional News

Colorado Supreme Court: Ski resorts not liable for avalanches

Dissenting justice says average skier can’t assess slide risks

May 31, 2016

Local News

Eolus crew pulls ahead to win Battle of the Animas

to Wild hosts event bringing together tourism industry

May 25, 2016

A Take on Tourism

We’re tracking the wiley website-using tourist

One source, the U.S. Travel Association (USTA), is a large producer of ongoing tourism research, which the Durango Area Tourism…

May 24, 2016

Local News

Economic adviser will help Silverton through mine cleanup

2-year grant will help fund position during mine cleanup

May 22, 2016

Local News

Steamboat sinks Durango in ‘Best Town Ever’ poll

all Durangoans saddened by loss

May 12, 2016

Local News

Purgatory reports best season in 17 years

Creek also sees skier spike

April 27, 2016

A Take on Tourism

In 2021, hindsight will reveal our foresight

In 2016, we knew our region was economically strong. We had diversification. We had new construction, tourism was growing and…

April 26, 2016

Local News

Mesa Verde National Park visitor numbers up in 2015

than a half-million people visited the park in 2015

April 24, 2016

A Take on Tourism

The halo effect of tourism

In a recent study of tourism campaigns in nine states, the research firm of Longwoods International demonstrated how each state’s…

April 5, 2016

Business

Vacation rental regulations roils Estes Park

Mark Newman, inside his vacation rental in a restored 1921 historic home in Estes Park, is among those homeowners who…

April 5, 2016

Local News

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge prepares for Grand Imperial, a replacement for Railfest

purchases Mt. Rainier Railroad, names new local general manager

March 29, 2016

Local News

Purgatory Resort to install ‘surface lift’ on mountain’s backside

Upgrade to help snowboarders, skiers access lifts 3, 5 and 8

March 29, 2016

Nation & World

Obama administration loosens more restrictions on Cuba ahead of trip

could allow more Cubans to play professional sports in U.S.

March 15, 2016

Business

Colorado ski areas pay record rents

$23 million sent to federal landlord

March 15, 2016

A Take on Tourism

The Durango Dozen: Hook, line and sinker

In tourism marketing, the analogy is to get the attention of a prospective vacationer, pique their curiosity with what you…

March 15, 2016

Local News

Spruce Tree House closure a disappointment, not a deterrent to visitors

Rockfall leads to indefinite closing of popular Mesa Verde attraction

March 14, 2016

Local News

Forecast calls for rafting on Dolores River

Whitewater a 50-50 proposition

March 14, 2016

Regional News

An Erie success story

Victory is sweet for the town’s historic district

February 27, 2016

A Take on Tourism

What’s a persona to do?

Kunkel Consumer intelligence gathering has been going on for a long time, and has become its own industry. The business…

February 23, 2016

What's Up Downtown

Help define Durango’s future

BID represents not only downtown, but all of the Central Business District which extends west of downtown to the river…

February 16, 2016