/tags/tourism tourism en-US Copyright Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:10:40 GMT /local-news/2024-08-30/zozobra-balloon-100th-anniversary The special shape balloon was commissioned to mark the centenary of the annual, cathartic burn of a marionette symbolizing gloom Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:10:40 GMT /local-news/2024-08-30/zozobra-balloon-100th-anniversary Alice Fordham /local-news/2023-07-26/state-awards-grants-to-help-rural-nm-attract-visitors The state Tourism Department Wednesday announced the recipients of $3.5 million dollars in marketing grants. The majority of the funds will be used to encourage visiting rural New Mexico. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 22:39:36 GMT /local-news/2023-07-26/state-awards-grants-to-help-rural-nm-attract-visitors Nash Jones /local-news/2022-07-04/million-dollar-public-restroom-opens-near-santa-fe-plaza Staff at the Visitor’s Center near Santa Fe Plaza say the most common question they get is “Where’s the nearest restroom?” They used to send visitors to the La Fonda hotel, but that changed last week with the opening of the city’s first public restroom downtown. Mon, 04 Jul 2022 12:57:54 GMT /local-news/2022-07-04/million-dollar-public-restroom-opens-near-santa-fe-plaza Kaveh Mowahed /news/2022-02-23/faa-rule-poses-threat-to-hot-air-balloon-tourism-in-new-mexico Now flying over the majority of the city requires a special transmitter. To avoid this air space, companies have canceled flights when the wind may blow the them into restricted air space or they're launching outside the city. Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:43:17 GMT /news/2022-02-23/faa-rule-poses-threat-to-hot-air-balloon-tourism-in-new-mexico Emma Gibson /2021-07-23/weddings-surge-in-las-vegas-as-pandemic-eases-across-nation The pandemic made us press pause on a lot of life’s special moments. Vacations. Graduation parties … and weddings. But as the country continues to reopen and more people get vaccinated, marriages and ceremonies are surging this summer … including in America’s wedding capitol… Las Vegas. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:48:14 GMT /2021-07-23/weddings-surge-in-las-vegas-as-pandemic-eases-across-nation /local-news/2021-04-29/santa-fes-summer-markets-a-go Santa Fe’s Summer Markets are a Go!Santa Fe’s three biggest cultural markets announced they will be held in person this summer, bringing a much-needed… Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:05:08 GMT /local-news/2021-04-29/santa-fes-summer-markets-a-go Zelie Pollon /news/2020-06-19/coronavirus-pandemic-slashes-hotel-revenue-around-the-mountain-west Hotel slowdowns alone could cost states in the Mountain West more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue this year, according to an analysis commissioned by... Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:08:38 GMT /news/2020-06-19/coronavirus-pandemic-slashes-hotel-revenue-around-the-mountain-west Madelyn Beck, Madelyn Beck /local-news/2018-01-17/governor-talks-working-with-mexico Gov. Susana Martinez delivered the State of the State address Tuesday, January 16, at the start of this year’s 30-day legislative session. The session is… Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:34:22 GMT /local-news/2018-01-17/governor-talks-working-with-mexico /local-news/2015-12-22/muscling-down-on-mussels New Mexico Game and Fish officials are trying to stop two species of non-native mussels from spreading into local waters by revising the Aquatic Species… Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:08:42 GMT /local-news/2015-12-22/muscling-down-on-mussels /local-news/2015-08-11/is-tourism-exploitation Many people believe travel is the geographic cure for what ails us in our daily routines. Physically relocating allows us distance enough from home, and… Tue, 11 Aug 2015 23:44:34 GMT /local-news/2015-08-11/is-tourism-exploitation Andrea Mays