Arkansas tourism

The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism has released data that indicates Arkansas’ tourism industry experienced record-breaking visitation in 2021 and has recovered after the significant decline in 2020 due to the global pandemic. In 2021, Arkansas welcomed just…

State officials are preparing for National Travel and Tourism Week, scheduled for May 2-8. With the approach of summer, these state leaders are hoping for a return to some semblance of normalcy in the tourism industry. Most of all, they…

Arkansas Tourism has opened applications for its festival advertising grant program in February. The grant is designed to bolster the advertising funds for festivals that are run by small cities and communities in Arkansas that have limited funds. To be…

Spread throughout the state at strategic locations, Arkansas Welcome Centers help introduce travelers to the Natural State. After closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the centers are now reopening. The welcome centers closed on March 20, along with multiple other…

A new director has been named for Arkansas Tourism. On Friday, Feb. 21, Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism (ADPHT) Secretary Stacy Hurst announced that Travis Napper will take the helm of Arkansas Tourism, a ADPHT division. In his…

Arkansas Tourism, in partnership with Innovate Arkansas, is gearing up for the first ever Ark Tank startup pitch competition, which will bring together some of the brightest ideas to promote state tourism. by Caleb Talley For the purposes of this…

The 2019 Governor’s Conference on Tourism is changing locations after failing to secure adequate space in the original host city. Arkansas Tourism Director Jim Dailey announced that the conference planning team has decided to move the conference from the original…

At a Thursday morning press conference, University of Arkansas and Arkansas Parks and Tourism officials announced that Razorback football games will continue at War Memorial Stadium until 2024. News leaked Wednesday night that the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team…

Kane Webb, executive director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, has one word to describe the state’s tourist trade. “Growth, growth and more growth,” he said. “In the tourism, hospitality and travel industries, and in our parks department…

More than 500 attendees from across the globe are at the International Mountain Bicycling Association World Summit event, which began yesterday in Bentonville.  IMBA recently distinguished Bentonville, Fayetteville and Hot Springs as “Ride Centers” for their world-class facilities and high…