Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-25 | Page 3 | Utah Tourist Travel Gains

1 t TOURIST I TRAVEL tl GAINS Volume 50 Per Cent Greater s Than Jhan for Same Period Last Year Tourist travel by rail automobile send and Ind airplane has increased approximately 50 per cent to the present time in comparison with the corre period of last year according according accord ing to reports of or the railroads bus lines auto auLo camps air lines and the Utah State Automobile association D Despite pite decreased fares for p ass cn geTS on all railroads in Utah revenues revenues reve flues have been above those of last iasi year the reports indicated General passenger General passenger business du during Ing the first six months moths of this year was 40 per cent higher than during the same period o of 1933 C C. C H H. Salt- Salt marsh passenger agent in Salt Lake City for the Union Pacific system said Business through Salt Lake City to the national parks is double that hat of last year The large pickup is extremely gratifying to railroad men The national parks campaign of the federal government is partly responsible responsible sible for tor the Increase since it appears many Americans are traveling in this country instead of going abroad William D D. D Rishel secretary of or the Utah State Automobile association estimates the automobile at 50 0 per ver last year rear Most of the he tourists are going to the parks he said aid Approximately 1500 tourists visit the the- L. L D. D S S. S church museum daily according to J J. J S. S Peery man manager ager compared with last years year's average average average aver aver- age of 1000