Press Release

SHENANDOAH VALLEY -- The Shenandoah Valley Travel Association (SVTA) announces it has received $25,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Program grant fund to promote travel to the Shenandoah Valley. SVTA partnered with Staunton CVB, Front Royal...

SHENANDOAH VALLEY -- National Travel and Tourism Week (#NTTW18) is an annual tradition for the U.S. travel community. It’s a time when travel and tourism professionals across the country unite to celebrate the value travel holds for our economy, businesses and...

Native spring wildflowers will be the focus of Shenandoah National Park's 32nd annual Wildflower Weekend, May 5-6, 2018. This time of year, as the days lengthen and the temperature begins to warm, look for purple and yellow violets flower (Viola spp.), and the...

Get ready for a new season of fun at Shenandoah National Park! Facilities will begin opening in March and will continue to open throughout the spring. Harry F. Byrd Visitor Center, located at mile 51 Skyline Drive, will continue serving visitors on weekends (weather...

The award-winning bicycle event series Farm to Fork Fondo will include a stop in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in 2018. 500 cyclists from throughout the country are expected to attend Shenandoah Valley's Farm to Fork Fondo on May 19-20, 2018 at Belle Grove Plantation...

The National Park Service invites the public to visit all national parks, including Shenandoah National Park, without paying any entrance fee on four days in 2018. The 2018 entrance fee-free days are: January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day April 21: First Day of...

Luray, VA – The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to dramatically increase entrance fees at 17 national parks, including Shenandoah National Park. The Shenandoah Valley Travel Association (SVTA) believes that placing the burden of repairing our parks on the...

SHENANDOAH VALLEY, Va. -- The U.S. Travel Association's IPW conference, held in Washington DC, attracted thousands of attendees from 70 countries, including hundreds of journalists from the U.S. and abroad. Several attractions in the Shenandoah Valley were fortunate...

WINCHESTER, Va. -- The Shenandoah Valley Travel Association, the oldest tourism marketing organization for the Shenandoah Valley,  recently launched a new digital campaign called “Epic Experiences" to bring younger visitors to the Valley. Research indicates that...

On April 23, 2017 Shenandoah National Park will open the north district of Skyline Drive to non-motorized vehicles only to celebrate National ParkRx Day and National Park Week. “Ride the Drive” is a pilot event to promote opportunities for alternative modes of...