Visit Rapid City pushing to make 2020 tourism season strong

NewsCenter1 ^ | March 3, 2020 | NewsCenter1 Staff

[NobleFree]

More cheap employers begging for labor welfare at the cost of American jobs and wages.

[Buckeye McFrog]

H1B is for skilled professionals like IT specialists and engineers. H2B is for kids brought in to work as hotel maids and lifeguards at seasonal resorts.

Another Journ-O-List who doesn’t know what he’s talking about and too lazy to look it up.

[grey_whiskers]

Well, I liked Firehouse Brewing.
But it’s a bit far out of the way from Minneapolis.

[ryderann]

A question for FReepers who remember the 1940s: Wasn’t it “Visit Rapid City” that was painted on the side of barns along the highway?

[central_va]

Cheap labor at any cost is like a drug to “small ( minded) business”.

[central_va]

If tourism workers can come from another country, they could be coming from another state instead.

- NobleFree

Worth repeating.

[txrefugee]

It may not be so crowded, if tourists stay home because of the virus.

[BBQToadRibs]

[blueunicorn6]

Wall Drug

[NEMDF]

Disregarding the discussion about immigrant workers, Rapid City area makes for a wonderful vacation. We went a few years ago in early September. We like to take trips after schools are back in session. We really enjoyed it. A charter bus tour through several of the venues was also a great way to enjoy the scenery, and was very pleasant.

Mount Rushmore is amazing and humbling. We also went to Badlands National Park, among other area sites.

[kidd]

Rapid City is great vacation spot.

Mountains, scenic rock structures, caves, buffalo, history, horseback riding, badlands. and that president sculpture thingy.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Got my Jackalope at Wall Drug. Stationed at Ellsworth in the early 80’s.

[GnuThere]

I couldn’t believe the “diversity” when I was at Custer State Park last year.
I guess the locals are fully employed or don’t want to work there.

[BBQToadRibs]

I took my kids to Wall Drug about 8 years ago. They had a blast.

[blueunicorn6]

Be sure to see The National Jackelope Reserve at Rapid City!

[Tax-chick]

Rock City, a tourist attraction in Lookout Mountain, very near the Tennessee/Georgia border.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Rapid City is great vacation spot. Mountains, scenic rock structures, caves, buffalo, history, horseback riding, badlands. and that president sculpture thingy.

Although the Flintsones themed amusement park closed two years ago.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Seriously. With what you hear about poverty on Indian reservations you’d think those folks would be lined-up five deep to take these jobs.

[datura]

Born and raised in Rapid City, left there in 1982. I miss Taco Johns and.... well that’s all.

It used to be a conservative town, not so much anymore.

[NobleFree]

I guess the locals are fully employed or don’t want to work there.

The locals set the market wage - but cheap employers get imported labor welfare instead of paying market wage.