Illinois’ 8 interstate visitor information centers to close at month’s end
The rest stops where the visitor centers are located will continue operations.
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For scuba diving enthusiasts, Mermet Springs is ‘the best place in the Midwest’
Sometimes a person doesn’t just discover a place. It discovers them, too. For Glen Faith, that place was an abandoned ...
Travelers flocked to the ‘Middle of Everything’ last year, generating over $88 billion in economic impact
Travelers spent over $50 billion – a first for the state.
Illinois state parks draw highest number of visitors in more than a decade
Illinois state parks had more than 41 million visitors in 2024
Recent incidents prompt heightened Statehouse security
Amid rising threats, Illinois Statehouse implements enhanced security screening measures for most visitors, causing potential delays.
‘The great show in the sky’: Solar eclipse will once again drive Illinois tourism
Previous eclipse in 2017 generated up to $18 million in visitor spending.
Illinois hotels report record revenues for fiscal year 2023
On Monday Gov. JB Pritzker, the state’s legislative leadership and representatives of the hospitality industry announced that hotels in Illinois ...
Newly signed laws include creation of tourism districts, criminal justice reforms
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed 15 bills into law, tackling policy areas from tourism to prison reform and making ...
Tourism and hospitality leaders call for state support, guidance amid COVID-19 recovery
Leaders from the state’s tourism and hospitality industry asked legislators for additional support and reopening guidance during a Thursday committee ...
Tourism decline could put state on hook for McCormick Place bonds
A drastic drop in tourism and convention revenues in the Chicago area brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could put ...
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