Coming off a successful Northwest Cherry Festival, The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce is now getting ready for the upcoming tourism season. Chamber CEO Lisa Farquharson said it was busy on Mother’s Day weekend, but a better gauge for visitor traffic in downtown The Dalles will be the upcoming weekend without any kind of holiday attached. She notes Travel Oregon is predicting tourism growth in the upcoming year. Farquharson adds they have been working to the get their promotional materials deeper into the Willamette Valley corridor.