Tourism season underway

The end of the school year is, literally, just a day away. That means the flurry of summer activities and tourists is again getting ready to fire up for the next few months.

Travel and Tourism Director Amanda Moeller said they’ve been doing the regular radio spots and promotion of special events, noting those events are also promoted on the digital billboards in Gillette.

Kicking off this Memorial Day weekend and running through Labor Day is the annual sticker venture between Travel and Tourism and the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce. Many people collect the stickers promoting the town from year to year and they can be picked up at the chamber office.

Moeller noted they are also coming up with ideas for community pride, among them possibly having some new welcome signs and nominating citizens, schools and businesses for awards for doing things that make Thermopolis a better place to live.

Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush said they’re already gearing up for the increase of tourists to the community. There are plenty of events happening this summer, she said, including a new addition with the Cycle Greater Yellowstone riders coming through this year. At many of the events, she said, the chamber helps through providing convention bags.

Rush encourages people to be prepared that the lines might be a bit longer, and there will certainly be an increase of sidewalk and highway traffic, and she encourage everyone to be safe and have fun.