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Prairie Berry Winery wins Best of Class in San Francisco

The judges in San Francisco seem to like what South Dakota does with raspberries and honey. 

01/30/2012

Despite Challenges, Tourism Impact Up in 2011

Despite a cool and damp spring and early summer, major flooding and high gas prices, South Dakota’s visitor industry showed improvement in 2011.
01/20/2012

South Dakota Department of Tourism Launches New Mobile App

The South Dakota Department of Tourism recently launched a new statewide mobile app-featuring business and attraction listings from across the state. The app is available for free download on iPhones and iPads, and the Android and Blackberry operating systems.

01/20/2012

Top Tourism Leaders Recognized by Gov. Daugaard

Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the South Dakota Department of Tourism presented awards to top visitor industry leaders Thursday evening at the 2012 Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Pierre.

01/20/2012

Tourism Advisory Board Elects Officers

The Governor’s Tourism Advisory Board has elected new officers for the coming year.

01/17/2012

Tourism’s Macy’s Efforts Reached More Than 330 Million

The South Dakota Department of Tourism’s message reached the eyes of more than 330 million people in November, thanks to various public relations tactics combined with the float, “Mount Rushmore’s American Pride,” which appeared in the nationally televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

12/22/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society

The unique history and spirit of South Dakota is captured and accumulated in this Great Place. Visitors will find a new discovery around every corner. It’s the Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society in the capital city, Pierre

12/14/2011

S.D. Businesses Recognized for Outstanding Customer Service

Many of South Dakota’s visitor industry businesses and organizations are receiving recognition from the Department of Tourism for delivering outstanding customer service.

12/13/2011

Christmas in the Black Hills to Air Nationwide Monday

The Black Hills will be featured on a national level this holiday season. “A Christmas in the Black Hills,” a one-hour holiday special filmed in Deadwood and the Black Hills, will premier on Monday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT on Great American Country (GAC).

12/08/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: National Music Museum

There is a place in South Dakota that is known for being the greatest of its kind the world. It includes world-renowned collections from five different centuries. This Great Place is the National Music Museum in Vermillion, S.D.

12/01/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: Verendrye Museum

The Verendrye* Museum in Fort Pierre is a Great Place in South Dakota that highlights and documents the history of the Fort Pierre area from the earliest explorations of Europeans.
11/23/2011

Mt. Rushmore Presidents Take Trip for 70th Birthday

After staying in one place for decades, the Presidents of Mount Rushmore National Memorial are on the move.

11/18/2011

Neil Diamond to Perform on Mount Rushmore’s American Pride

Grammy winning artist Neil Diamond will be performing on Mount Rushmores American Pride float in the 85th annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade®.
11/10/2011

South Dakota's Great Places: Goss Opera House

The Goss Block houses the last of three grand opera houses that once graced Watertown, S.D., in an age when theater played a considerable role in the lives of the city’s people.

11/09/2011

9th Annual Winter Wonderland At Falls Park

11/08/2011

A Hunt of a Different Kind

 

As pheasant hunting season opened across South Dakota, a hunt of a different kind also began along Highways 50 and 18. The Oyate Trail Geocaching Project kicked off Friday, October 14, following the Oyate Trail from North Sioux City to Hot Springs across southern South Dakota
11/07/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: The World’s Only Corn Palace

One of South Dakota’s Great Places is covered in 3,000 bushels of corn. It’s the World’s Only Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D.

11/03/2011

Twilight Flights Offered At Strawbale Winery

Twilight Flights are being offered again this year by Strawbale Winery.

10/27/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: George S. Mickelson Trail

One of South Dakota’s Great Places is a premier trail within the state park system that stretches across 109-miles in the

10/26/2011

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Announces Cancellation of Fireworks

Superintendent Cheryl Schreier announced today that planning is underway for the 2012 Independence Day Celebration at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

10/18/2011

24 Communities Partnering with Tourism to Promote Pheasant Hunting

Twenty-four communities from across South Dakota are partnering with the Department of Tourism to promote pheasant hunting during the Department’s 2011 Rooster Rush promotion.

10/14/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: Sica Hollow State Park

There is a place in South Dakota that combines interesting terrain with eerie legends. Sica* HollowState Park, in the northeastern corner of the state, is one of South Dakota’s Great Places.

10/12/2011

Gearing Up For Rooster Rush

The South Dakota Department of Tourism’s “Rooster Rush” campaign is in full swing as communities across the state prepare to welcome hunters to the fields of South Dakota.

10/06/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: Spearfish Canyon

There is a unique place in South Dakota that combines rugged limestone cliffs, rushing waterfalls, and a forest-lined creek. Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills has been a long time Great Place in South Dakota.
 

09/21/2011

Photography Week in South Dakota

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed the week of September 26-October 2, 2011, as “Photography Week” in South Dakota.
 

09/19/2011

South Dakota's Great Places: Spirit Mound

There are few places where one can stand in nearly the same spot where the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark stood.

09/14/2011

Cowboys: a Driving Force at Buffalo Roundup in Custer State Park

Five dozen cowboys will be in the saddle when the 46th annual Buffalo Roundup thunders through Custer State Park on September 26.

09/14/2011

Akaska SD to host 1st annual Kids Fishing for Freedom Event

09/09/2011

The Black Hills Symphony Orchestra Announces Its 2011-2012 Concert Series

The Black Hills Symphony Orchestra (BHSO) announces the upcoming season with five concerts taking place at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

09/09/2011

South Dakota’s Great Places: Custer State Park

One of South Dakota's Great Places is the second largest state park in America, home to one of the world's largest publicly-owned bison herds, and known for interesting landscapes. It is Custer State Park, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

09/07/2011