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Commerce Department Awards $100,000 in Grant Funding to Three Montana Main Street Communities

“Montana’s Main Streets are at the heart of our state’s values, our neighborhoods and the economy. That’s why Commerce, through the Montana Main Street Program, will continue to help foster community development efforts, revitalization projects and historic preservation for our Main Streets,” said Paul Green, Director of the Montana Department of Commerce.

E-bike tour guide pedals Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner rides

As the owner of Big Sky Ebike Tours and Rentals in Gardiner since 2020, O’Connor said he’s “living the dream” guiding cycling tours in and around Yellowstone National Park. After all, where else can cyclists possibly see bison, elk, bighorn sheep, bears, foxes, coyotes, deer and a variety of hot pools, fumaroles and geysers in one trip, not to mention spectacular views of the surrounding mountains?

Whitefish nears completion of new sustainable tourism plan

The survey revealed a major change in how respondents view the impacts of tourism on Whitefish. Nearly two-thirds of people said “tourism benefits do outweigh the negative impacts” in 2018. Fast-forward to fall 2023, when just 30% of respondents agreed with that statement, 47% percent disagreed, and the other 23% fell somewhere in between.

Yellowstone National Park to allow year-round fishing on stretches of Madison, Gardner rivers

Starting in November, anglers will be able to fish year-round in stretches of two rivers close to the Yellowstone National Park gates in both West Yellowstone and Gardiner, the park announced Thursday.

Tourism the Focus of Wide-Ranging Discussion at Whitefish City Hall

The idea that the community may view tourism more negatively than in the recent past is supported by the results of a survey issued last fall

With demand expected to double, Missoula airport updates long-term plan

Airport officials’ projections suggest Missoula could serve 1.5 million passengers annually by 2044, driven by factors including increasing population.

Frontier, United increasing service to Denver; Sun Country set

Boil it down and Missoula Montana Airport Director Brian Ellestad said it will likely benefit customers in the way of ticket costs. And with the summer travel season close at hand, it may also require an additional security checkpoint.

2nd Annual CONVERGENCE A Celebration of NTTW Tues-Wed, May 21-22, 2024 – Butte, Montana

To recognize one of our state’s leading industries, the Montana Chamber of Commerce will once
again celebrate #NTTW, and tourism’s intersection with the film and outdoor recreation industries
as vehicles to harness the power of place, #TheLastBestPlace, as an economic driver at the 2nd
Annual ‘Convergence” event on Tuesday-Wednesday, May 21-22, 2024.

Kalispell Is Montana’s Gateway to Glacier National Park

“This area is pristine. We have crystal-clear lakes and rivers, there’s a phenomenal downhill skiing area, miles and miles of groomed cross-country track, fishing and backpacking and climbing,” he says. “Everything you’d want to do as an outdoors person aside from surfing is here. It’s one of the best places to live on the planet. I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.”

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