tourism

Rural communities in the Rocky Mountain West, like Leadville, rely on federal funds for climate resilience, including wildfire and storm mitigation. However, Trump-era cuts threaten these efforts.

"Getaway" podcast explores how outdoor recreation drives rural economies in the Rocky Mountain West, highlighting housing challenges and sustainable tourism efforts in communities like Moab and Cortez.

A Colorado resort town reliant on summer visitors has halted tourism marketing because an affordable housing crisis means businesses don't have enough workers to stay open during their busiest season.

As pandemic restrictions loosen, tourists flock to Jack Sprat, a restaurant in Girdwood, Alaska. But like many businesses in resort towns, it's having trouble hiring servers as the economy rebounds.

The National Park Service expects a busy summer as the country begins to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Last year 237 million people flocked to national parks to escape from COVID-19.

Officials in Colorado have been spending money to bring travel writers to the state. It's a practice that raises questions for one media ethicist and, as an open records request has revealed, some journalists aren't disclosing to their readers where the money came from.

Efforts to pay for the new Summit Complex at the top of Pikes Peak are a few cents closer, after Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers emptied his pocket...

Winter weather is lingering in Utah’s red rock country. But one definite sign of spring is popping up in tourist-oriented Moab: the deep greens of…

The approximately 85,000 annual visitors to the Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez will see a new set of employees and products in the facility’s bookstore…

Zion National Park in southwestern Utah is considering an online reservation system for people who want to visit the park’s “frontcountry,” or most…