Summertime tourism is looking bright in South Dakota

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -Summertime tourism is wanting shiny in South Dakota, with vacationers coming from all over the world to see locations like Mount Rushmore and Rushmore cave, offering households with loads of out of doors enjoyable and journey.

Mike and Lisa Engel are visiting Keystone from Colorado and says they attempt to go to South Dakota typically for each household and the surroundings.

“We really attempt to come right here yearly simply because we take pleasure in this, and we simply love our household.”

Regardless of current gasoline costs hovering, the Engels stated the journey was all value it.

“It was value it; we’re nonetheless vacationers simply because we take pleasure in getting out and getting round.”

Whereas enterprise house owners is probably not anticipating the document numbers they noticed final yr, Tom Hagan, proprietor of Rush Mountain Journey Park says issues are pointing in the best path…just like pre-pandemic numbers.

Hagan states “Our visitation in the present day and our visitation in 20-18 are very related and that could be a good signal as a result of we had an excellent yr in 20-18. After issues acquired warmed up and began going, I might say within the subsequent week crowds have been right here, issues are nice, and we had plenty of enjoyable. All indications level there’s lots of people coming our means and we’re very excited to get this summer season kicked off.”

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