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The project includes a new visitors center for the city and outdoor gathering areas.
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The city of Kimmswick was depending on a port recently opened to riverboats to boost its economy, but with Mississippi River water levels near record lows, few of the boats are stopping there.
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The first NASCAR Cup Series race in the St. Louis area packed hotels and restaurants. A study from Maryville University estimated that the regional economic impact of the three-day event could be as much as $60 million.
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Amanda Clark discusses how teaming up with the Missouri Historical Society has allowed her to expand from a small tour company to one with 24 offerings that explore St. Louis.
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A small repair shop and museum in an unassuming strip mall in Rolla is considered the Taj Mahal of vacuum cleaner collections.
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The Missouri Explorers program celebrates the Show-Me State's bicentennial — and encourages residents and tourists alike to travel by offering a series of challenges. Karen Meirink of Explore St. Louis discusses the St. Louis highlights.
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Rob Mellon, executive director of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County, guides us through SeeQuincy's new self-driving tour that highlights 20 historically significant sites and stories in Quincy, Illinois.
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Southwest Missouri’s most popular tourist areas are the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Delta variant that is responsible for making India second to the United States in coronavirus cases. All eight counties along a heavily traveled route from Branson to the Lake of the Ozarks are among the 30 local health jurisdictions with the highest rate of newly reported cases so far this month.
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Warehousing in the region saw big gains with changing consumer habits, while hospitality and tourism-related businesses are struggling to increase staffing ahead of a likely busy tourist season.
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Some people who work in the St. Louis region's tourism industry say they are seeing signs of a comeback after a yearlong pandemic lockdown.