tourism

Mohave County authorities say a man fell to his death last week at the Grand Canyon Skywalk tourist attraction.

A spectacular chocolate-brown waterfall on the Navajo Nation has become a social media star. Grand Falls, just east of Flagstaff, has been inundated with tourists and influencers as Arizona’s rivers and streams surge with rain and spring snowmelt. Grand Falls’ cascade of muddy water makes for great photo ops and selfies. But local Diné residents say it’s not meant to be a tourist destination. It’s a sacred site. And that’s why a community coalition closed it to visitors this spring. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports on an effort to bring healing to a place that has been overused and under-respected by visitors.

2022 was the eighth busiest year on record at Grand Canyon National Park. The new data comes from this year’s National Park Service Visitation Report.

The Havasupai Tribe will allow visitors to return to the reservation on Feb. 1 after a nearly three-year halt of tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seven people were injured when a Grand Canyon tour helicopter made a hard-landing at a Las Vegas-area airport.

The Havasupai Tribe plans to restart tourism operations in February of 2023 after shutting down to the public at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Miniature liquor bottles could soon return to stores in Utah after the state agency that oversees alcohol approved a rule change.

Visitation to Arizona’s national parks and monuments dropped dramatically during the first year of the pandemic, but a federal report shows the numbers are climbing again. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

Crews at Grand Canyon National Park are set to begin upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant at Phantom Ranch. A major visitor uptick in recent years has exceeded the capacity of the aging system.

It’s Wednesday, July 14. Crews have fully contained the Buzzard Fire five miles south of Ponderosa Park, a Prescott National Forest spokesperson announced…