Tourism - The Durango Herald

The halo effect of tourism

It is a common myth that tourism marketing promotes only tourism. In a recent study of tourism campaigns in nine states, the research firm of Longwoods International demonstrated...

DATE: Apr 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: A Take on Tourism

New mayor in love with Dolores

Longtime local Santiago Lopez will be the new mayor of Dolores beginning in April. He is uncontested in the election. Lopez has served two stints as a board member, once in the late 1990s an...

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado ski areas pay record rents

$23 million sent to federal landlord

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

The Durango Dozen: Hook, line and sinker

To attract a fish, you need a lure. But to catch a fish, you need a hook. And suffice it to say the lone fisherman has a much better chance of catching his limit when the lake is teaming wit...

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: A Take on Tourism

Holiday seasonal sales, lodgers tax collections disappointing in Durango

Lodgers tax declines; sales tax growth lower than expected

DATE: Mar 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s a persona to do?

If you don’t know what kind of traveler you are, don’t worry because plenty of businesses already know that and a whole lot more about you. In fact, you are already labeled, placed in a cate...

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: A Take on Tourism

Help define Durango’s future

One of the City Council’s goals is to “envision Durango’s sense of place by creating character districts” that embrace the unique characteristics of different areas of town. Ten distinct are...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Tourism prospers from Denver to Main Ave.

If you missed last Wednesday’s What’s Up Downtown? column by Tim Walsworth, executive director of the Business Improvement District, please read it (currently posted on The Durango Herald we...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: A Take on Tourism

Snowdown says goodbye to Reagan-era Star Wars, hello to intergalactic travel

Iowa man gives thumbs up to Light Parade

DATE: Jan 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad running full steam in 2015

Ridership was up 10 percent

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Country’s largest national parks hit visitation records

Another banner year expected in 2016

DATE: Dec 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Respect and appreciate the holiday traveler

Vacations begin in the friendly confines of our home. We imagine ourselves in a desirable destination while anticipation and excitement builds, knowing that vacations change people in so man...

DATE: Dec 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: A Take on Tourism