ITRR In the News
- Tourist numbers remain steady in MT, but spending ticks down
- Outdoor Recreation Helps Montana Generate $2.9 Billion
- Montana outdoor economy grows, accounts for 4.3% of GDP
- Montana Outdoor Economy Grows 14%, 3rd Largest in Nation
- Whitefish considers how to retain charm, manage tourism
- I'm a Montana native. This is the single most annoying - and dangerous - thing tourists do when visiting the state.
- Montana Outdoor Recreation Summit Returns in 2023 to Explore Conservation, Economics, and Inclusion in Outdoor Recreation
- Is Montana's pandemic tourism boom over?
- Experts project summer travel in Montana to return to 'normal'
- Harnessing Montana's 'Power of Place' to Drive Economic Growth in Communities Statewide
- Discover Kalispell celebrates tourism in Montana
- Study tracks dip in feelings toward tourism, but support remains strong
- Tourism Grows as Economic Driver in Montana
- Report details impact of recreational tourism in Montana
- Yellowstone TV series bringing people, money to Bitterroot Valley businesses
- 'Yellowstone' Effect Keeps Growing
- BBER hosts economic outlook seminar in Great Falls
- Seminar provides analysis of state's economy
- Montana economic outlook seminar to hit the road
- UM Study: 'Yellowstone' Series Generates 2.1M Visitors, $750M in Spending for Montana
- Fish tales: Preserving the beauty and bounty of the Bitterroot
- Montana's labor shortage gives restaurant workers more bargaining power
- Revised Montana wolf regs aim to limit Yellowstone-area kills
- Montana Service Industry Quit Rate Skyrockets
- Bozeman city commission to discuss short-term rentals
- Canadian shoppers and tourists return to border cities but in smallet numbers than pre-pandemic
- 'Great Resignation': Stress, housing costs lead MT's service industry workers to leave jobs
- Montana tourism facing obstacles, but early season was strong, business group says
- Is Montana A Top Tourist Destination? Just Where Do We Rank?
- New bar taps into Craig fishing industry
- Yellowstone floods and closures may shift tourism in Montana
- Flooding, record gas prices cast a shadow on Montana's summer tourism
- Gas prices and inflation could impact summer visitation numbers
- Montana tourism has rebounded since the pandemic, research finds
- Study shows big jump in Montana tourism
- Report: Montana tourism returning to pre-pandemic levels
- Montana saw increase of tourist spending in 2021
- Visit Montana Celebrates the Future of Travel
- Most Montanans think tourism is overcrowding the state, survey says
- Seeking balance amid Montana's visitation boom
- UM Report shows Montanans feel 'overcrowded' by tourists
- Survey gauges attitudes toward Montana tourism
- Tourists Flocking to the U.S. West Give Hotel Bed Tax Revenues a Big Boost
- Report: Montanans say state overcrowded with tourists
- New tourism study reveals Montanans worry about overcrowding
- Montanans Worried That Tourism is Overcrowding the State
- Montana hotel and campground tax revenues exceeded expectations in 2021
- For unincorporated communities, limited ways to regulate housing
- Whitefish Mountain Resort Welcomes Back International Workers
- Hebgen Dam malfunction cuts flows on the upper Madison River trout high and dry
- COVID hurt Montana outdoor recreation economy in 2020, analysis finds
- Montana tourism industries awarded $2.9 million in federal grants
- Short-term rentals increase in Montana, but so do prices
- Voters to Decide Whitefish Resort Tax Renewal on Nov. 2
- Reconsidering Outdoor Travel in the West, as Wildfires Burn
- Mid-year Report Shows Boom in State Park Visitors
- Montana urges visitors to act responsibly, be on "best behavior" in the wild
- Marketing campaign urges outdoor users to be on "best behavior" in Montana
- Yellowstone, Glacier tourists spent more than $600 million in 2020
- Pandemic leads to drop in 2020 Montana tourism
- Montana out-of-state tourism dropped 12% in 2020
- Economists break down how the pandemic impacted Montana tourism
- UM: Visitor spending down in 2020
- Tourism in 2020 was Down but Recovered despite COVID Pandemic
- Montana tourism dropped sharply in '20, but recovery remains strong
- Montana tourism on rebound after steep drop in 2020
- Supply and demand drive price: Montana feels pinch of national rental car shortage ahead of banner tourism season
- Two Helena-area sites nominated for historic designation
- Upgraded counters help state parks track visitation trends
- New infrared counters help State Parks track visitors
- Survey finds quality of life brings businesses to Montana, keeps them here
- Quality of Life - Public Lands Spark State Economic Development
- Survey finds "quality of life" reason businesses operate in Montana
- Flathead anticipates normal summer events
- Spreading its wings: How BZN became Montana's busiest airport in the state
- Study: Flathead County Has Most Short-Term Rentals in Montana
- Report examines impact of short-term rentals
- Discover Kalispell concerned about bed tax proposals
- Montana starts deciding how to spend billions in COVID-19 aid
- Fate of Some East Glacier Businesses Hinges on Reopening of Park Entrance
- Study: Flathead County has most short-term rentals statewide
- Editorial: Rental study should alarm government leaders
- Study: Short-term rentals continue to grow in Montana
- Study indicates expanding short-term rentals could negatively impact Montana
- Montana's Booming Short-Term Rental Market Comes With Challenges, Study Says
- Survey says 58% of people plan to travel in 2021
- Survey: Growing Number of Montanans say Tourists Overcrowding State
- Bill Reignites Debate On Money's Role In Hunting
- Editorial: Montana lawmakers still resisting a good idea: Local option sales tax
- Pandemic reshaped state's economy, but more change anticipated
- Bozeman is pushing for a local option sales tax. No one has high hopes about its prospects.
- Adventure travel business banking on 2021 resurgence in tourism
- Tracking Tourism: UM institute studies Montana's vital tourism industry - even during a pandemic
- Survey: Montanans saw this summer's visitors as less polite
- Summer survey provides insight to Paradise Valley river use
- First COVID vaccines arrive; tourists test Montanans' patience
- Study: Montanans' enthusiasm for tourists waned in 2020
- Red Lodge Mountain opens ski season with pandemic precautions
- Businesses address the inside effects of COVID-19
- Culture Over Economy: Blackfeet Nation Feeling the Impacts of COVID-19 Closures
- Virus fight: Blackfeet covid restrictions take toll
- Tracking the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism
- Skiing, snowboarding in COVID-19 era will be different
- 6 Montana companies to produce "Montana Aware" masks
- Central Montana sees slight improvement in tourism numbers
- Survey shows Montana tourism drop-off due to COVID-19
- Study shows Montana tourism jolted in 2020
- UM Report: Tourism industry depressed, but could see 3rd quarter recovery
- Study - A Massive Shift in Montana Tourism from 2019 to 2020
- Pandemic, closures place economic drag on visitation, tourism spending in Montana
- Visitation to Yellowstone up in July over last year, despite COVID-19
- Yellowstone records fifth-busiest July on Record
- Legislative commitee considers sales tax
- Virus-closures keep some local businesses down for the count
- Access is everything on the Lower Yellowstone River
- Montana tourism organizations urge mask-wearing
- Montana tourism organizations encourage mask use
- Worker visa suspension bodes ill for tourism biz
- Hospitality Industry May Suffer From Foreign Visa Suspension
- Missoula airport sees revenue drop; tourism expert predicts big slump
- As COVID spikes, Blackfeet leaders close eastern entrances to Glacier for summer
- Blackfeet Nation Continues COVID-19 Closures as Neighbors Begin to Reopen
- Montana Tourism Businesses Hurting Amid Pandemic
- Survey: Montana tourism anxious as COVID-19 impacts continue, travelers feel safer
- Questions Swirl Around Tourism As Montana Begins To Reopen
- Montana's tourist industry braces for rough summer
- Montana tourism leaders say they will be ready when state reopens
- Montana to tourists: Now 'not right time to visit'
- Montana tourism offers rain check, surveys damage, looks to brighter days
- Montana tourism looks to brighter days
- Tourism industry "devastated" in MT but glimmers of good news remain
- Montana tourism industry facing bleak outlook for 2020
- Montana travel-related businesses face COVID-19 concerns
- Three Percent of Montana's Businesses Could Fold
- Montana businesses, travelers go from mild concern to alarm over pandemic's effects on tourism
- Covid-19 Concerns Montana Travel-Related Businesses and Travelers
- Virus to impact outdoor recreation business
- Travel-related businesses impacted by COVID-19
- Sparing no sector, virus hammers outdoor recreation in Butte, western Montana
- MSU Extension to offer weekly webinars about the coronavirus and its effects on the economy
- Virus restrictions worry RV park owners, KOA
- Tough year coming: Virus impacts to hit Montana's outdoor economy
- Montana tourism industry bracing for losses, planning for post-pandemic
- Tourism industry warns of coronavirus-sparked layoffs and closures
- Montana's Travel Industry Feeling the Impact
- Travel Industry Prepares For Setbacks From Virus
- Tourism businesses feeling coronavirus hit, even before MT cases reported
- Montana’s travel industry is already feeling the impact of the coronavirus
- National Economic Conditions of Large Concern as Travelers Weigh Their Options Amidst Outbreak– Montana Currently Faring Better than Most
- Bids for Helena's Beattie Street Trailhead project much lower than expected
- Local News, State visitation up, but spending down
- Coronavirus will cut into Yellowstone summer tourism
- Coronavirus Could Have Mixed Impacts on Montana Tourism
- Coronavirus will likely reduce Chinese travel to Yellowstone
- West Yellowstone Tourist Bookings Drop Due to Coronavirus Restrictions in China
- Coronavirus could pinch Montana's economy; travel and tourism vulnerable