Tag: visitors
15 Million Visitors and the Search for Public Beaches
Visitors abound each year in Tahoe, especially in the summer. In this month’s YATA, we asked how many people actually travel our way, and where the public/private property lines on Tahoe’s beaches lie (it’s different for each state).
Hospital Discharge; Airport Board Support; Data Shortcomings
Airport board recommendations; response to tourism numbers; more.
Rise of illegal campfires spark trail-host pilot program
Episode 69 | September 9, 2020
Most people have heard how a pyrotechnic gender reveal ignited the El Dorado fire outside San Bernardino this past Saturday. Many are asking, “how do we get it through our thick human skulls that this is fire season?” The Tahoe National Forest recently started a local program to help drill this fact into our collective psyche.Tahoe Crowds
Episode 68 | September 3, 2020
While scuttlebutt says crowds have swelled this pandemic summer, the data tracking how many people are here points to a slight decrease overall. The reason for the congestion may be that the type of visitor has shifted. Reporting by Alex Hoeft.Loved to Death, Our Overcrowded Summer 2020
September 14, 2020: What was the reality behind the Tahoe summer crowds this year, and what effects did COVID-19 have on visitorship?