Tourism

Port of Benton: Port embraces Hanford history, tourism and infrastructure during pandemic
The Port of Benton has been busy investing in promoting economic development in Richland, Prosser, Benton City and Benton County....

Tri-City homeowners take the plunge into pool rentals
When Bunim Laskin was a kid in New Jersey, he was always looking for things to do. “I am the...

Richland’s Reach Museum emerges
from pandemic leaner and stronger
The Reach Museum survived the pandemic, increasing admissions beyond pre-pandemic levels, celebrating its eighth anniversary and looking to the future...

Tourism Briefs – August 2022
Golf tournament supports Arts Center The Arts Center Task Force is inaugurating a golf tournament to support plans to build...

Cities embrace space when the solar system comes to town
Mid-Columbia is being transformed into an 80-mile scaled replica of the solar system, one planetary orbit at a time. The...

Exploration center caters to science-savvy community
The LIGO Hanford Observatory opens its much-anticipated visitor center to school children in September and to the public in October...

Local hospitality has recovered by sales and wages, but not by jobs
From an economic perspective, measuring tourism is a bit dicey. Outside of a national “experimental” account from the U.S. Department...

Don’t despair that summer’s winding down, there’s still plenty to do
It’s hard to believe summer is winding down. The sun is setting just a little earlier, the start of the...