Minnesota celebrates as smoke clears out of some places up north
Northern Minnesota tourism businesses are expressing relief as wildfire smoke starts to clear out of the region.
'Dirty Myrtle' is now the hottest US metro for seniors
Myrtle Beach has become the fastest-growing U.S. metro area for people 65 and older, driven by climate, low taxes, and remote work trends. The senior population now makes up over a quarter of its residents.
Cragun’s owners selling popular Brainerd resort after 85 years
After more than eight decades in the tourism industry, Dutch Cragun and family are selling the popular Brainerd resort Cragun's this summer to a Baxter leisure company.
Nearly 100 on board Royal Caribbean cruise that left Tampa sick with gastrointestinal illness: CDC
Royal Caribbean’s Western Caribbean Cruise promised vacationers the chance to hike Mayan ruins in Mexico and swim in the waters of Grand Cayman.
Minneapolis sets hotel revenue record in June
Minneapolis set a new record for hotel revenue in June 2024, a month headlined by the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials, a pair of sold-out Morgan Wallen concerts, Twin Cities Pride and Lynx home games.
Anthony Edwards 'Bring ya ass' remark inspires website redirect, boosts Explore Minnesota traffic
Anthony Edwards telling Charles Barkley to “Bring ya ass" to Minnesota after the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference Finals has inspired a line of merchandise and even a new website that's helped drive traffic to Minnesota's tourism website.
Search intensifies for Italy tourist who carved name in Colosseum
Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime that resulted in hefty fines in the past.
Watch video of first cruise ship in nearly 10 years arriving in Duluth Harbor
Duluth Harbor welcomed its first cruise ship in 10 years when the 665-foot-long Viking Octantis arrived Monday morning.
MSP airport prepares to welcome international travelers again
After 20 long months, the U.S. will re-open to international travelers Monday. Non-U.S. citizens will be allowed to come to America for the first time since the start of the pandemic, as long as they show proof of vaccination.
