Visitor spending reached an all-time high for Arizona last year, and is expected to be even higher by the end of 2014. Last year, 39.1 million visitors spent a record $19.8 billion in counties across the state, said Sherry Henry, executive director of the Arizona Office of Tourism. This surge in tourism generated local, state…
Southern Arizona’s wine country is a maze of vineyards set against endless mountain ranges — a sharp contrast to the desert scenery most people envision when it comes to Arizona. But it is these vineyards in two distinct wine growing regions in Arizona that is fast becoming a tourism mecca for the state. In the last…
Catherine Radachi, a 22-year-old associate consultant at Microsoft, hiked the hills and valleys of Arizona enjoying the solitude while sharing her adventures with the world. Radachi, now working for Microsoft in Washington, finds value in using social media to share her exploits outdoors. “People document their experiences all the time at parties and on vacations,…
The sidewalks lining Calle Alvaro Obregón were packed with families – men, women and children craning their necks to watch red, white and green floats parade down the main street of Nogales, Sonora. A military procession followed vaqueros on horseback, children in school uniforms and girls in traditional Mexican dresses. The colors of Mexico hung…
Gov. Jan Brewer on Feb. 26 vetoed the controversial Senate Bill 1062, which would have allowed business owners to refuse service to homosexuals and others based on religious grounds. While the bill was vetoed, its support and passing in both houses of the state Legislature has long-term consequences in the state, business leaders said. Gay-rights…
