<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TravelSD.com</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/</link><description>The official web site of the South Dakota Office of Tourism provides in-depth travel information for the Mount Rushmore state, including a calendar of events, comprehensive visitor services directory and tons of helpful vacation planning resources.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012, South Dakota Office of Tourism</copyright><lastBuildDate>DD, Feb 07, 2012 11:34</lastBuildDate><item><title>South Dakota Vendors Filling 14 Booth Spaces at National Trade Show</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98197</link><description>&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;The Department of Tourism will be attending the National Pheasant Fest &amp;amp; Quail Classicin Kansas City, Mo., February 17-19.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Feb 06, 2012 11:13</pubdate></item><item><title>Prairie Berry Winery wins Best of Class in San Francisco</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98193</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt"&gt;The judges in San Francisco seem to like what South Dakota does with raspberries and honey.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Jan 30, 2012 11:49</pubdate></item><item><title>Despite Challenges, Tourism Impact Up in 2011</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98178</link><description>&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt"&gt;Despite a cool and damp spring and early summer, major flooding and high gas prices, South Dakota&amp;rsquo;s visitor industry showed improvement in 2011.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Jan 20, 2012 11:41</pubdate></item><item><title>South Dakota Department of Tourism Launches New Mobile App</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98177</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Jan 20, 2012 11:38</pubdate></item><item><title>Top Tourism Leaders Recognized by Gov. Daugaard</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98175</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the South Dakota Department of Tourism presented awards to top visitor industry leaders Thursday evening at the 2012 Governor&amp;rsquo;s Conference on Tourism in Pierre. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Jan 20, 2012 11:15</pubdate></item><item><title>Tourism Advisory Board Elects Officers</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98174</link><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The Governor&amp;rsquo;s Tourism Advisory Board has elected new officers for the coming year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Jan 17, 2012 04:03</pubdate></item><item><title>Tourism’s Macy’s Efforts Reached More Than 330 Million</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98079</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;The South Dakota Department of Tourism&amp;rsquo;s message reached the eyes of more than 330 million people in November, thanks to various public relations tactics combined with the float, &amp;ldquo;Mount Rushmore&amp;rsquo;s American Pride,&amp;rdquo; which appeared in the nationally televised Macy&amp;rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Dec 22, 2011 09:02</pubdate></item><item><title>South Dakota’s Great Places: Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society </title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=98018</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;The unique history and spirit of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;South Dakota&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt; is captured and accumulated in this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Great Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;. Visitors will find a new discovery around every corner. It&amp;rsquo;s the Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society in the capital city, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Pierre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Dec 14, 2011 03:38</pubdate></item><item><title>S.D. Businesses Recognized for Outstanding Customer Service</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97991</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Many of South Dakota&amp;rsquo;s visitor industry businesses and organizations are receiving recognition from the Department of Tourism for delivering outstanding customer service.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Dec 13, 2011 08:17</pubdate></item><item><title>Christmas in the Black Hills to Air Nationwide Monday</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97980</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	The Black Hills will be featured on a national level this holiday season. &amp;ldquo;A Christmas in the Black Hills,&amp;rdquo; 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).&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Dec 08, 2011 01:50</pubdate></item><item><title>South Dakota’s Great Places: National Music Museum </title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97955</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	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.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Dec 01, 2011 10:54</pubdate></item><item><title>South Dakota’s Great Places: Verendrye Museum</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97922</link><description>&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Nov 23, 2011 11:39</pubdate></item><item><title>Mt. Rushmore Presidents Take Trip for 70th Birthday</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97909</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;After staying in one place for decades, the Presidents of Mount Rushmore National Memorial are on the move.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Nov 18, 2011 01:07</pubdate></item><item><title>Neil Diamond to Perform on Mount Rushmore’s American Pride</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97894</link><description>&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Grammy winning artist Neil Diamond will be performing on &lt;i&gt;Mount Rushmore&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;&amp;rsquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;s American Pride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt; float in the 85&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; annual Macy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;&amp;rsquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;s Thanksgiving Day Parade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;&amp;reg;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Nov 10, 2011 11:44</pubdate></item><item><title>South Dakota's Great Places: Goss Opera House</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97893</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;The Goss Block houses the last of three grand opera houses that once graced &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Watertown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;S.D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;, in an age when theater played a considerable role in the lives of the city&amp;rsquo;s people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Nov 09, 2011 01:49</pubdate></item><item><title>9th Annual Winter Wonderland At Falls Park</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97890</link><description /><pubdate>DD, Nov 08, 2011 12:00</pubdate></item><item><title>A Hunt of a Different Kind</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97886</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
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	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&lt;/div&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Nov 07, 2011 03:18</pubdate></item><item><title>South Dakota’s Great Places: The World’s Only Corn Palace </title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97871</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"&gt;One of South Dakota&amp;rsquo;s Great Places is covered in 3,000 bushels of corn. It&amp;rsquo;s the World&amp;rsquo;s Only Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Nov 03, 2011 04:20</pubdate></item><item><title>Twilight Flights Offered At Strawbale Winery</title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97848</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px"&gt;Twilight Flights are being offered again this year by Strawbale Winery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubdate>DD, Oct 27, 2011 11:22</pubdate></item><item><title>South Dakota’s Great Places: George S. Mickelson Trail </title><link>http://www.travelsd.com/Newsroom/Detail?id=97843</link><description>&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"&gt;One of South Dakota&amp;rsquo;s Great Places is a premier trail within the state park system that stretches across 109-miles in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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