yakima valley tourism

It's time to celebrate wine this month during the annual Spring Barrel Tasting event set for April 26-28.

Thousands of tourists spend time and money in the Yakima Valley during the summer months and officials at Yakima Valley Tourism say it's expected to be another successful year.

Washington State visitations to the state saw a 19.7 % increase in 2021 over 2020 indicating big growth but still just 87% of 2019 levels.

Thousands of wine lovers will pour into the valley this month to taste wine straight from the barrel.

John Cooper says while other cities start to see a decrease in tourism Yakima always sees an increase because of the harvest that's now underway.

President and CEO John Cooper says the idea is to take an SUV wrap it with pictures of Yakima and area agriculture and turn it into a mobile center full of information about the Yakima Valley. "

Yakima Valley Tourism has launched a new campaign to bring more convention and group business to Yakima.

Yakima city leaders met last night to discuss re-establishing services to Yakima Valley Trolleys. The city council voted 6-0 to give the department about $13,000-- that money would go towards repairing poles and wires and restoring trolley service between Yakima and Selah...