Do mountain vistas and wide open spaces appeal to you? Do you enjoy sharing the unique characteristics of where you live with others? Do you have a sense of community pride? If so, you might be the perfect match for the newly created Program Assistant position at the Wind River Visitors Council. For more information, visit the link at the top of this page, https://windriver.org/contact-us/about/.
Lodging Tax Collections
Wind River Country started the fiscal year 2024 to 2025 strong with a record-breaking July for lodging tax collections ($153,777.75). The previous record was set in fiscal year 2023 to 2024 at $149,196.33.
Podcast
Have you checked out the Wind River Visitors Council’s podcast, Wyoming’s Wind River Country: Yellowstone’s Unique Neighbor? New episodes air on the fourth Thursday of every month.
Powwow Video
The Wind River Visitors Council is creating a video about powwows. This informative and fun video dives into the powwow circuit, focusing specifically on the powwows and the people of the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Destination Development Program
The Destination Development Program is a grant that was created in early 2023 by the Wyoming Office of Tourism for Wyoming’s 27 local Lodging Tax Boards. The Wind River Visitors Council (Fremont County’s Lodging Tax Board) is one of the recipients.
Destination Development Program projects that are in the works include:
- A TravelStorys downtown Dubois walking tour—This tour consists of 10 locations, most of which can be walked to from the downtown Dubois area. Each site has a three-minute recording. Four seniors in the outdoor recreation, tourism and hospitality program at the University of Wyoming worked with us on this project as their spring “capstone” project. The stories have been recorded, and the tour is in its final stages of production.
- Kiosk on the Wind River Indian Reservation—The Wind River Visitors Council has been working with the Wind River Development Fund to put an informational kiosk under the gazebo at the Frank B. Wise Business Center in Fort Washakie on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The kiosk should be up and running in the next few days.
- Wayfinding signage in Dubois, Lander and Riverton—This attractive signage has a unified look, while also representing each community’s unique personality. A committee of 10 people worked with a contractor on this signage, with representation from each community. A strategic plan has been created, and the signs are currently being fabricated.
- An expansion of the Art Banner Project in Hudson and Riverton—Several new art banners are on display in Hudson and Riverton. Keep an eye out as additional banners are put up.
Events
Do you have events that you’d like posted to the Wind River Visitors Council’s website, which automatically posts to the Wyoming Office of Tourism website? Please send any events or packages to community@windriver.org. We can also get you Wind River Visitors Council publications (the Vacation Guide, 7 Self-Guided Driving Tours, a self-guided map of the Wind River Indian Reservation and the Wind River Indian Reservation self-guided mobile audio tour rack card), as well as provide you with the Wind River Visitors Council’s calendar of events for distribution in your newsletter, publication, news source, etc.
Board Meeting
The next Wind River Visitors Council Board Meeting is Thursday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to noon in room ITECC 116 at Central Wyoming College, 2660 Peck Avenue, Riverton. Wind River Visitors Council meetings are open to the public.
About the Wind River Visitors Council
The Wind River Visitors Council, a Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), is charged with the responsibility of investing lodging tax revenues to facilitate wider promotion and marketing of Fremont County and the Wind River Indian Reservation (branded as Wind River Country) as a tourist and visitor destination.
Tourism Asset Development (TAD) Program
The TAD program is a voluntary program that is unique to Wind River Country. The Wind River Visitors Council gives 25% of the local lodging tax back to the communities in the percentage that they contribute to the lodging tax. Depending on occupancy rates, these numbers are constantly changing. These funds are distributed by the Lander Chamber of Commerce; the City of Riverton; and the Towns of Dubois, Hudson and Shoshoni to market the communities. Marketing efforts may include events, grants, educational programs and more.
The Wind River Visitors Council’s mission is to stimulate tourism by increasing awareness of and encouraging visitation to, the unique destinations, activities and events in Wind River Country.
