Tourism & Travel
Visit Tri-Cities drops membership dues as it pivots to storytelling model
Visit Tri-Cities, the tax- and fee- funded agency responsible for putting heads in hotel beds, is dropping its paid membership...
Tourism Briefs – July 2021
New grads can enter airline ticket giveaway Avelo Air, a new airline that serves the Tri-Cities, is giving away 21...
Corvette owners have a wish for Make-A-Wish
Corvettes on the Columbia, a long-running celebration of all things Corvette and a major fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Alaska & Washington,...
Smiles everyone! The American Empress paddleboat is back on the river
Kirk Williamson Imagine yourself facing a busload of people all wearing masks. You’re wearing one, too,...
Benton County is home to the state’s newest viticultural area
Washington’s 19th American Viticultural Area becomes official on Aug. 2. Goose Gap AVA, which lies within Benton County and two...
Right on schedule, food follows wine at Kennewick’s Columbia Gardens
The Port of Kennewick used wineries to woo tourists and hungry crowds to an industrial stretch of Columbia Drive. Now...
Covid-19 hits tourism hard in the Tri-Cities
Hospitality is big business in the Tri-Cities. It just misses landing in the top five sectors, as ranked by employment...
Crow Butte ready to welcome campers – when Phase 2 comes
One good thing happened when Crow Butte Park in southern Benton County closed to campers because of the Covid-19 crisis....
