tourism

How important are travel and tourism to Lane County’s economy in general? What might the future hold? In this program, two professionals who pay close attention to economic development will describe how tourism contributes to the local community now and hear their predictions about the effects of tourism from the coast to the Cascades in the next 10 years.

With national policy obviously out of the hands of local and state officials, tourism industry executives and others are now racing to figure out how widespread — and potentially damaging — any dramatic drop off of Canadian visitors could be.

A group of Oregon cities is asking for the option to spend more of their tourism revenue on essential services.

The idea of bringing a tourist-style trolley to Yachats rolled into town a year ago.

A new study from Oregon State University finds that agritourism in the Willamette Valley brings in nearly $1 billion each year.

Oregon’s governor has signed a temporary stopgap to shield landowners–including local governments–from lawsuits when people are injured while using public trails.

Oregon’s central coast is attracting more and more retirees. A new study commissioned by the Oregon Coast Visitors Association shows that more than 40 percent of coastal Lane County residents are 65 and older, compared with about 18 percent statewide.

Tourism in Oregon has created over 115,000 jobs in the state, with 11,000 of those in Lane County. A recent report prepared for the Oregon Tourism…

For the first time ever, travel spending in Lane County has passed the $1 billion mark. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, tourism officials are…

As wildfires continue to burn across Oregon and other parts of the Pacific Northwest, tourism officials are urging people not to be scared off from local…

A new independent report from Dean Runyan Associates shows that 2017 was a record breaking year for Oregon’s travel industry.2017 was the eighth…

Users of the home sharing site Airbnb will now not only be finding a place to stay for the night, they’ll also be adding to the City of Eugene’s tax…