In 2023, National Travel & Tourism Week (NTTW) celebrated "Travel Forward." Travel South Dakota thanks all of our partners and friends across the state for showing their support and lighting their respective attractions and locations in red (the official color of NTTW). This helped to put a spotlight on the week and the importance of tourism to South Dakota.

Below are some NTTW 2023 highlights, including Governor Noem's 2023 video, a sampling of the tremendous media coverage, photos of locations across South Dakota lit red, and some photos from the 2023 Spring Hospitality Training sessions. South Dakota was also included in the U.S. Travel Association's Recap Book of NTTW 2023 (see pages 7 and 11).

We can't wait to continue working with all of you to move "Travel Forward." Here's to a fantastic 2023 peak season for everyone!

NTTW 2023 VIDEOS AND MEDIA COVERAGE

TOURISM PARTNERS LIT UP RED

To view these and other photos and videos of 9 of the 21 locations, click on any photo.

(Locations not pictured below: McCrory Gardens and Visit Brookings, Brookings; Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer;
Bad River Bridge, Fort Pierre; The Farr House, Pierre; The Monument, The Rushmore Hotel and Main Street Square, Rapid City;
Arc of Dreams and Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls; Woodburn Hall, BHSU, Spearfish; Rush-No-More Campground, Sturgis; 
and the DakotaDome and Sanford Coyote Sports Center, USD, Vermillion)

SPRING HOSPITALITY TRAINING

To view these and other photos from the training sessions held at seven locations throughout South Dakota, click on any photo.
All of the sessions were led by Betsy Allen-Manning.

FOR INFORMATION

For more information, please contact Bailey Carlsen, Industry Training & Legislative Relations Manager, at 605-773-3301 or [email protected].