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Tag: Oregon

Milky What?

Worldwide, destinations still graced with brilliantly starry skies are discovering they have an increasingly rare tourism asset, one that can draw stargazers, boost ecotourism, and even enhance spiritual travel. A great way to advertise and protect that asset is to obtain an international Dark Sky certification. Ian Vorster explains the

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Regenerative and sustainable tourism in the Willamette Valley

Overcoming community divides and pandemic challenges, the Willamette Valley Visitor Association has been working to change the conversation, rebuild trust, and spark connections within their community. The Willamette Valley Visitor Association talks more about its work, including the barriers they’ve faced and how they’re working to overcome them. A Vision

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Doing It Better: Columbia Gorge

The Search for Holistic Destination Management In our last DSR issue, we discussed the importance of GSTC Destination Criterion A1, which reads in part: “The destination has an effective organization, department, group, or committee responsible for a coordinated approach to sustainable tourism, . . . for the management of environmental,

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