Report: Tourism on federal lands good for rural Utah

Report: Tourism on federal lands good for rural Utah

By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 23, 2011 10:57AM MDT

No state benefits more than Utah in the number of rural residents who have jobs because of tourism and recreational activities on lands managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, the federal agency said on Wednesday.
Almost 15,000 rural Utahns — and 20,319 people statewide — can attribute their jobs to tourism-related activities fostered by the Interior Department. Those activities attracted more than 21 million visitors last year, generating $1.7 billion in economic output.
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