(Des Moines, IA) – The Iowa Travel Industry Partners (iTIP) association gathered statewide partners for Tourism Legislative Night with Iowa’s elected officials January 17, 2023. Conversations taking ...

People love to call Iowa a flyover state, but I have never understood that. Iowa is full of wide open spaces, golden fields, ...

IOWA CITY — Events and initiatives that encourage economic activity in Iowa City could get a financial boost through a new grant program funded by pandemic relief dollars. The city of Iowa City is ...

DES MOINES — Iowa will use $100 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to launch Destination Iowa, an investment in “transformational, shovel-ready attractions.” “Communities in all corners ...

RHEYA: $100 MILLION IS ON THE WAY TO HELP IOWA BECOME A MORE ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION. THE DESTINATION IOWA PROJECT AIMS TO BOLSTER THE QUALITOF LIFE IN IOWA, AND ATTRACT NEW VISITORS AND RESIDTSEN ...

The Iowa State Fair is one of Iowa's top tourist draws. (Radio Iowa photo) A report from the Iowa Tourism Office finds visitors spent $7.3-billion dollars in Iowa during 2023, a new all-time record.

Whether it's from the Iowa State Fair or RAGBRAI, Iowa generates billions of dollars from out-of-state visitors touring the Hawkeye State. Those who traveled to Iowa to see Iowa women's basketball ...

The excursions on The Queen II boat have been canceled due to a submerged dock near Arnolds Park Amusement Park. Officials hope to bring back cruises toward the end of July. Tourism officials and ...

Tourism-related expenditures in Iowa in 2015 totaled $8.06 billion, according to a new study from the U.S. Travel Association. This marks the second consecutive year expenditures have topped the $8 ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Tourism can be an amorphous thing. It takes the shape of a family packing into a station wagon for a trip to Disneyland. Or the form of a smitten newlywed couple headed off ...

An engineer hired to evaluate a historic site in Arnolds Park is recommending major repairs to the Abbie Gardner cabin. It’s the site of what’s known as the Spirit Lake massacre of 1857. About three ...

A group floats down the Middle Loup River in Nebraska in livestock water tanks. The state is promoting what locals call "tanking," in an attempt to attract tourists. States like Iowa, Kansas and ...