Cambridge, Isanti and North Branch, Minnesota who have partnered to make the 2008 Governors Deer Hunting Opener a success!

Explore Minnesota Tourism and our ad agency Clarity Coverdale Fury have won a Travel Weekly Magellan Award for the My Favorite Minnesota™ campaign.

Explore Minnesota Tourism has received the National Council of State Tourism Directors (NCSTD) 2008 Mercury Award for film/audio visual for its My Favorite Minnesota™ videos, which are posted on http://www.exploreminnesota.com/myfavoriteminnesota.

Travel in Minnesota continued at close to normal levels this summer, though tourism-related businesses faced some unusual challenges this year.