May 4-10, 2025

Travel South Dakota is celebrating National Travel & Tourism Week 2025 (NTTW), May 4-10. For an entire week, we shine a spotlight on the travel and tourism industry for driving economic growth, cultivating vibrant communities, and enriching the lives of South Dakotans and all Americans.

Industry engagement during NTTW helps us magnifying the message that travel is integral to everything we do. Because travel fuels every industry, our success is South Dakota's success. Let's work together to make sure policymakers understand the value of travel and tourism.
 

Ways Travel South Dakota is Engaging:

  • Conduct media calls during the week.
     
  • Arrange for sites and attractions across the state to be lit up in red in celebration of NTTW, including:
    • ABERDEEN
      • Wylie Park
    • ALEXANDRIA
      • Granite Springs Lodge
    • BROOKINGS
      • Mama T. Rex and the Children’s Museum of South Dakota
      • McCrory Gardens, SDSU
    • DE SMET
      • Event & Wellness Center (desk)
    • HOT SPRINGS
      • The Mammoth Site (digger)
    • MADISON
      • Gaylen's Popcorn (May 4-8)
    • MITCHELL
      • World's Only Corn Palace
    • PIERRE
      • The Farr House
      • Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center
      • Potrzeba State Farm
    • RAPID CITY
      • Main Street Square
    • SIOUX CITY, IOWA
      • The Warrior Hotel
    • SIOUX FALLS
      • Arc of Dreams
      • ClubHouse Hotel & Suites
      • Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
      • Falls Park
      • Sioux Falls Regional Airport (parking garage)
      • South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance
      • The Steel District ("Currents" art installation)
      • Washington Pavilion
    • SPEARFISH
      • D.C. Booth Historic Fish Hatchery
      • High Plains Western Heritage Center
      • Matthews Opera House (stage lights)
      • Woodburn Theatre, BHSU
    • STURGIS
      • The Buffalo Chip
    • VERMILLION
      • DakotaDome, USD
      • Sanford Coyote Sports Center, USD
    • WATERTOWN
      • Bramble Park Zoo
      • Codington County Heritage Museum
      • Dakota Sioux Casino
      • Goss Opera House
      • Mellette House
      • Redlin Art Center
         
  • Receive an Executive Proclamation from Governor Rhoden.
     
  • Post a video on Instagram and LinkedIn.
     

U.S. Travel Association Resources:

The U.S. Travel Association provides a number of resources to help partners engage in this year's celebration. Check out these PDFs for tools and shortcuts to make it easy to tie into NTTW:

U.S. Travel Association - National Travel & Tourism Week Website

 

For highlights from last year, go to:

NTTW 2024 Highlights
 

 

FOR INFORMATION

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