SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota’s tourism industry hit record numbers again last year. The state welcomed nearly 15 million visitors, a 1.4% increase from 2023. Tourism spending ...

In 2024 South Dakota saw an all-time record of visitors to South Dakota, the Department of Tourism secretary Jim Hagen ...

Hagen says tourism supports almost 59,000 jobs (58,824), generating $2.24 billion in income for those workers and nearly $400 million ($398.7 million) in state and local tax revenue. He says that ...

The city formed a committee last year to discuss an ordinance. Feedback from an open house and survey will inform the ...

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Governor’s Tourism Advisory Board has selected its officers for 2025. Ann Lesch of De Smet was reelected to the board president during a meeting in Pierre. Caleb ...

Today, agriculture generates much of the state’s economic activity. South Dakota also has a growing tourism industry, with Mount Rushmore and the Badlands National Park among visitor favorites.

Among the 13 individuals and businesses honored this week (Jan. 23, 2025) for exemplary achievements by the South Dakota ...