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Tourism related to America’s 250th birthday is up, says Christy S. Coleman, executive director of the Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation, which saw May guided tours getting booked last August. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Apr 29, 2026

Virginia tourism sites bank on America’s 250th birthday

Virginia tourism sees increased attendance driven by the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and statewide semiquincentennial events.

Sep 20, 2023

Hotel revenue still up, but shows signs of softening

Virginia’s hotel industry revenues remain above pre-pandemic levels but are beginning to show a softening. That’s according to a report from Old Dominion University’s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy released Tuesday. According to the center’s analysis of data from STR, a division of CoStar Group that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality […]

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