There are 10 article(s) tagged tourism:

• August 2026

  • Longest tenured zookeeper Morgan Powers retires after 55 years

    On Friday, July 31, Morgan Powers retired after working at the Memphis Zoo for more than half a century. Here’s a look at his long and exciting career. 

    By John Klyce August 01, 2026

• February 2024

  • Memphis Tourism, sitting on $27 million, gets tax dollars to promote city

    Federal tax filings show Memphis Tourism spent about 85% of the money it received over the past five years as it sits on a cash pile. Convention and visitor bureaus promoting larger cities — Atlanta, Nashville and San Diego — have different spending habits.

    By Samuel Hardiman February 19, 2024

• August 2022

  • ‘Hospitality on steroids:’ Tournament, Elvis Week are tourism gold for Memphis

    “Two signature events that bring lots of people to town who spend millions and millions of dollars in our community,” said Kevin Kane of Memphis Tourism. 

    By Jane Roberts August 13, 2022

• May 2020

  • Bamboozled? Not Memphis Zoo, easily feeding pandas during pandemic

    The Calgary Zoo is having to return its two giant pandas to China because of pandemic-caused logistics problems in getting enough bamboo. But the Memphis Zoo has its own bamboo farm as well as bamboo donors. 

    By Tom Bailey May 20, 2020

• December 2019

  • Historic status sought for site of women-owned, black business

    Gladys "MaDear" Bennett overcame racial and economic segregation by running a successful fashion/sewing school and business in the basement of her home. 

    By Tom Bailey December 09, 2019

• May 2019

  • Miley Cyrus added to Saturday’s Beale Street Music Fest lineup

    Beale Street Music Fest took over the Downtown riverfront with performances by BlocBoy JB, Shinedown, Brandon Santini, Chvrches and Dirty Heads.

    By Jared Boyd May 04, 2019

• February 2019

  • MRPP on mission to save nation’s last river city cobblestone landing

    Memphis River Parks Partnership is ready to restore and enhance the nation's most substantial cobblestone river landing.

    By Tom Bailey February 24, 2019

• December 2018

  • I-40’s solar visitor center is open

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony 30 miles northeast of Memphis will be held this week for one of the most unusual visitors center/rest stops along Tennessee interstates.

    By Tom Bailey December 03, 2018

• October 2018

  • Graceland sues city in federal court over zoning delay

    Graceland has sued the city of Memphis again, this time in federal court, over an indefinite delay of a zoning change allowing Elvis Presley Enterprises to expand the Whitehaven tourist magnet.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2018

  • Graceland lighting, Christmas festivities launch Nov. 15

    Graceland will kick-start the holiday season Nov. 15 when country music stars Scotty McCreery and Marty Stuart flip the switch on a lighting display and made-in-Memphis Hallmark Channel movie “Christmas at Graceland” makes its world premiere.

    By Wayne Risher October 05, 2018