Tourism

Businesses that rely on the Grand Canyon and 10 of the other most popular national parks say a new $100 fee imposed this year on foreign visitors has driven down tourism.

The North Rim of the Grand Canyon reopened Friday eight months after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned 145,000 acres and destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.

Monument Valley’s long film history continues as the Navajo Nation and Utah sign a new agreement to expand production while supporting jobs and Indigenous storytelling.

The National Park Service says it is going to start charging international tourists an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular U.S. parks.

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.