Willamette Week

State Audit Finds Travel Oregon’s Soaring Budget Pays for Generous Compensation, Sloppy Contracting

Portland Is In the Midst of a Hotel-Building Spree. Can Visitors Keep Up?

But by the time the Hyatt opens, Portland may have a glut of hotels. The city is experiencing a hotel-building boom—one that observers worry could leave the Rose City with more rooms than visitors.

Oregon Makes Plea For Visitors After Millions of Tourism Dollars Lost Due to Wildfires

The West Coast Tourism Recovery Coalition wants to debunk the conception that the region is consumed in flames. It would also like make up tourism dollars that were lost after last year’s wildfires.

Other Cities Trap You in Their Sprawl. In Portland, Getting Out of Town is the Greatest Argument for Living Here.

Portland, meet Oregon.

In Oregon’s Most Famous Cowboy Town, You Can Smell the Sage and Eat a Big Corn-Fed T-bone

Catch a flight from PDX for $59 on Boutique Air, or make the 200-mile drive.

In Remote Corners of Eastern Oregon You Can Wander Among Oregon Trail Wagon Ruts

For those who wish to walk the path of the pioneers, Oregon, not surprisingly, is a playground.

If Solitude and Scenery Are Your Jam, There’s Plenty of Both in Southeastern Oregon

36 Hours of sagebrush and open range in Southeastern Oregon.

The Delightful New Miyazaki-Inspired Oregon Tourism Video Campaign Came With a Massive Price Tag

The impressively dreamy, Miyazaki-inspired Travel Oregon video released yesterday is the product of a staggering $5-million-dollar campaign aimed at boosting tourism to the state.

This Anime Rendition of Oregon Could Be Straight From a Miyazaki Flick

Weiden and Kennedy’s new animated short for Travel Oregon looks like something straight out of a Miyazaki movie.

Holy Crap, There’s a New Oregon Trail Video Game With Craft Kombucha and Great Notion Key Lime Pie

Travel Oregon has released a modern take of the classic Oregon Trail video game—but instead of dying from dysentery and trading for berries, you can buy kombucha and drink a pint of Lompoc at a brewery.

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