camping1Jamestown (CSi) Visits in 2015 to two Jamestown campsites were up substantially over 2014.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Jamestown Tourism Director Searle Swedlund said, Pelican Point under new management saw and increase of 43.8 percent, and Lakeside Marina was up 14.5 percent, over the year before.

Tourism has been more heavily promoting the camping experience in Jamestown over the past year or so.

He noted that the Talking Trails project will start in the spring.

He pointed out that the Sport & Rec Show at the Civic Center this week will feature professional fisherman, Bob Probts, with tourism granting dollars toward the cost of bring Probts to Jamestown.

Swedlund added that tourism is working with fireworks vendors from the region to put on the 4th of July display this year. The Canadian man who has put on the display is not able to do so anymore.

Also on our show, Swedlund said the new tourism community guide will be coming out soon.

He pointed out that the way visitor numbers are recorded at Frontier Village, and the buffalo is being adjusted for more accuracy.

He also said that Jamestown’s restaurant tax receipts are up.

Swedlund stated that with the downturn in oil production in the North Dakota oil patch, tourism number may be down this year, stemming from less people in the state.