tourism

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

OSF joins performance venues, arts groups to ask Oregon lawmakers for more COVID recovery funds

Chris M Lehman / KLCC

Performing arts organizations in Oregon say they’re still struggling to recover from the economic blow of COVID-19. They’re asking the Legislature for another round of funding to help them get back on their feet.
Dan Anderson

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Travel Oregon

Travel Oregon and the state’s federally recognized tribes collaborate on tourist guide

Elizabeth Castillo

The guide includes cultural events and museums that are open to the public.

Travel and Tourism

Battered by the pandemic, Ashland reimagines its tourism economy

Juliet Grable

While patrons of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival stayed away during the pandemic, others came, once the first waves of the public health crisis receded. Many were there to go mountain biking or on wine tours, or were simply passing through on their way to somewhere else.
Politics & Government

Charleston likely to join other Coos County communities in taxing short-term rentals

Roman Battaglia

Coos County voters are on the verge of passing a new tax on short-term rentals in the Charleston community.
Health and Medicine

Omicron spreads uncertainty about holiday travel and dampens recovery for airlines

David Schaper

The rapid emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has many questioning whether they should rethink their holiday travel plans.
Economy and Finance

Will Travel And Tourism Return With California Reopening?

Miranda Green / Cal Matters

As California drops capacity and social distancing rules, experts are tempering expectations on a full rebound of the state’s tourism industry. Domestic travel won’t recover fully until 2023 and international visitors remain half of pre-pandemic levels. Still, state and local tourism officials express optimism.
Business and Labor

Tourism Leaders Assess The Un-Smoky Summer

The Jefferson Exchange Team

Many of the region's tourist spots girded for another smoky summer, and for nothing. In the Shakespeare hotspot of Ashland, only one weekend featured…
Business and Labor

The West Coast Tourism Industry Starts To Adapt To A Smoky Future

Liam Moriarty

West Coast businesses that depend on the summertime tourist dollar took a big hit from this years’ wildfires and smoke.The same thing happened last year.…
Business and Labor

West Coast States Work To Pump Up Post-Fire Tourism

Geoffrey Riley

How bad was last summer for tourism in the region? Millions of dollars bad, with cancellations and actual destruction from fire and smoke reaching new…
Travel

Old And On Their Way

On the last afternoon of my thirties, I sat across from my friend Maria at an outdoor cafe. I took a sip of chai and fretted: “I think I’m out-aging my…
Travel

A Real Tourism Campaign For Our Mythical State

Geoffrey Riley

Forget the political implications of a "State of Jefferson" for a moment. What would that state be like as a tourism destination? Spectacular! And an…
Travel

Oregon Gets Even Bike-Friendlier

Geoffrey Riley

Bikes bring bucks.It's not an official slogan, but it neatly captures the tourism approach to bicyclists in Oregon. The state's tourism apparatus, Travel…
Business and Labor

Winter Whale Watching Begins

Winter whale watching week is almost here. The Oregon State Parks and Recreation has dubbed the week of December 26-31 Winter Whale Watching Week.It is…
Travel

Encouraging Bicycle Tourism In Oregon

Geoffrey Riley

So maybe you run errands or even get to work on your bicycle. But the idea of taking longer trips--actually taking vacations on a bicycle--is on the rise.…