The Tourism Effect – The Durango Herald

Tourism’s economic impact sans extra visitors

2020 has not been the best year for tourism. With stay-at-home orders, quarantines and public officials urging citizens to stay-put, tourism numbers have plummeted across the globe. ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Why join Visit Durango’s Board of Directors?

Visit Durango is currently accepting applications for our Board of Directors from now through October 31, 2020. The Visit Durango Board of Directors is organized by sector to ensu...

DATE: Sep 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

The uncertain future of the events industry

Cycling races, association meetings, concerts and family reunions are just a few of the events that would normally be traveling to and from Durango or taking place in our region this year. C...

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Global tourism impacts and creating the new normal

Last week, Visit Durango attended the Destinations International 2020 Annual Conference, the world’s largest conference for destination organizations and tourism boards. The mult...

DATE: Jul 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

What does responsible tourism mean to you?

It goes by many names: sustainable tourism, destination stewardship, eco-tourism, etc., but what once focused mostly protecting the environment has now expanded to include people, culture, b...

DATE: Jun 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

How Visit Durango plans to safely welcome back visitors

Every destination management and marketing organization across the globe, like Visit Durango, is in a pickle right now. The business community is urging DMMOs to invite visitors b...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Why Durango’s vital tourism economy will recover quickly

In a both timely and ironic fashion, National Travel and Tourism week begins this Monday, May 3. What is normally a celebration of the tourism industry and how it benefits society...

DATE: May 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Six activities to beat the shelter-in-place blues

With all the chaos globally because of COVID-19, we are all being encouraged to distance from restaurants, bars, crowded places and even quarantine in your home, when necessary. T...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Survey says: Tourism fuel’s Durango small-business community

In my role as executive director at Visit Durango, I hear mixed feedback about the tourism industry. Most people recognize its importance as a driver of economic impact, but there is always ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Coopetition is a movement, not a buzz word

The days of siloed community organizations and calloused competition are over. The 2020s are the decade of coopetition. According to Oxford, coopetition is defined as “collaborat...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Durango joins the destination management revolution

The tourism stakeholder community in Durango gets it! They understand the role of the typical destination marketing organization, like Visit Durango’s, is evolving to fulfill a ne...

DATE: Jan 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Records on track to be set in 2019

Thanks to the Durango tourism team and community, 2019 is on track to be another record-setting year for the local tourism industry. Over the past 12 months, Visit Durango estima...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect