North Dakota tourism primed for a big return, but is there enough money for marketing? North Dakota has a biennial tourism budget of about $9.7 million, meaning the state gets that much every two-year budget cycle. Those dollars are dwarfed by area states, including South Dakota, which has approximately $15 million to spend each year. Written By: Sam Easter | × Turtle River State Park Manager Larry Hagen expects 2021 to be another year of increased park usage during the COVID pandemic. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald In the long, endless summer of COVID — marked by ...