tourism

Denver saw another record year of tourists, new report shows

Jul 16, 2024

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Tourists keep coming to Denver in record numbers. The city saw more than 37 million visitors in 2023, which is up 3% from the last record set in 2022, according to a new report from marketing and tourism agency Visit Denver released Monday. It also means the city is generating more money from tourists. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0,…
Colorado Springs sees ‘strong tourism’ but not complete pandemic recovery in 2022, Visit Colorado Springs CEO says

Jan 23, 2023

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Jessica Van Dyne

Despite Colorado Springs hotel occupancy dipping slightly in December, the month capped a year of “strong tourism” for 2022, Doug Price, president and CEO of Visit Colorado Springs, says. December’s occupancy rate of 49.1% was down 5.2% from the year prior, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. “December was somewhat impacted by the winter…
7 Colorado cities awarded grants to boost local tourism

Oct 25, 2022

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Hannah Metzger

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Tourism Office awarded grants to seven Colorado cities on Tuesday, intended to fund economic recovery efforts for the local tourism industries. Organizations in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Loveland, Sterling and La Junta will receive $1.8 million in grants ranging from $75,000 to $500,000. The one-time funds can…
Denver tourism rebounds in 2021, but headwinds persist

Jun 22, 2022

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Dennis Huspeni

Denver’s tourism industry rebounded in a big way in 2021, drawing 31.7 million visitors who spent an estimated $6.6 billion, according to the Longwoods International Travel USA 2021 survey report. Visit Denver presented the report at a news conference Wednesday. “The travel industry was disproportionately harmed by the pandemic. … Thankfully, Denver is a very…
Tourism outlook: Pent-up travel demand will boost visitor numbers in the Pikes Peak region

May 14, 2022

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WAYNE HEILMAN

Colorado Springs tourism leaders are optimistic that visitors will return to the Pikes Peak region in near-record numbers as the two-year-old COVID-19 pandemic fades from view. Officials believe Americans are ready to take vacations after two years of trying to avoid infection, and they are spending heavily to bring those visitors to the region. Visit…
Denver tops 31M visitors for 3rd year; tourist spending ties record

Jun 19, 2019

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Colorado Politics

Denver attracted more than 31 million visitors in 2018, the third year in a row that the city has surpassed that level, according to an annual report released Wednesday by Visit Denver, the city’s convention and tourism bureau. Those visitors spent $6.5 billion – a total that matched the previous record set in 2017, according…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Oklahoma prosecutors resist push for prison alternatives

Nov 1, 2018

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Associated Press

OKLAHOMA Prosecutors resist push for prison alternatives OKLAHOMA CITY – Since the days of frontier justice, lawmakers in conservative Oklahoma have viewed harsh prison sentences as the politically expedient solution to crime, including nonviolent offenses. That approach has imposed a high price, leaving the state with the nation’s highest incarceration rate, overcrowded prisons and skyrocketing…
Colorado’s water situation is OK for this year, experts say

Jun 18, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

Colorado’s major reservoirs are full enough this year to stave off any water shortages, but another poor season of snowpack will spell trouble, according to water providers and climate experts. The state’s Water Availability Task Force recently reviewed reservoir levels, snowpack and rainfall in Colorado’s major river basin regions, with hopes that this week’s rainfall…
‘Idaho stop’ bill for bicycles wins Senate approval, on to House

Feb 21, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

A multi-year effort to get Colorado to adopt what’s known as the “Idaho stop” or the rolling stop won final approval in the state Senate Wednesday. Senate Bill 144 would establish a set of standards for local communities that want to grant cyclists the ability, under certain circumstances, to treat a stop sign as a…
Out West Roundup: Counties across Wyoming big economic winners from eclipse tourism

Dec 22, 2017

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Associated Press

Wyoming Counties across Wyoming big economic winners from eclipse tourism CHEYENNE – Cheyenne and Laramie County were among the biggest winners in Wyoming from tourism activity associated with the Great American Eclipse in August. And while the overall number of out-of-state visitors fell short of higher-end estimates, the Wyoming Office of Tourism is touting the…