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Show Summer Tourism is Booming All Over Utah ,'. From Salt Lake City to Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks, tourists are discovering Utah this summer in greater numbers than ever before. Fears that Eastern Bicentennial Bicen-tennial events would draw away potential tourists have proved unfounded as travel industry hosts in Utah report visitor volume above expectations. expecta-tions. Guides at the State Capitol Building say visitation is up nearly 30 percent during June and July compared to the same period last year. Receptionists at Council Hall on Capitol Hill (home of the Utah Travel Council and a visitor information center) helped a record 1,093 visitors August 5, 268 more than ever before in a single day. At Temple Square, Salt Lake City's most visited attraction, tour counts show an increase of almost 10 percent from last summer. Tour guides and Chamber of Commerce officials offi-cials say that the Great Salt Lake and Trolley Square are vying for the number two spot on the tourist reguest list. Grayline Tours Manager Paulette Ingebretsen says June business was "incredible" "incred-ible" with double the number of visitors buying package tours to Bryce Canyon and Zion National parks this year. Volume on local tours is 20 per cent higher than June 1975, according to Ingebretsen. Ingebret-sen. She said package tour sales were up about 10 percent in July, while local volume last month, reflecting a national trend, dipped slightly. Nationally, tourism organizations organi-zations project a record year for the travel business but say early expectations of Bicentennial-induced increases, especially es-pecially in Eastern cities, haven't materialized. Utah Travel Council Director Direc-tor Michael D. Gallivan says Utah's record-shattering season sea-son can be attributed in part to Bicentennial promotion. "Bicentennial promotion was translated by people into Ip j travel, although not necessar- f""'0 ily to Bicentennial sites," i Gallivan says. "I think a fear i of crowds in the East tf prompted people to travel in U ' other areas of the country." Ingebretsen says people k don't appear to be worried QV' about the possibility of another energy shortage and are eager ttP ( to travel, despite higher fuel nce costs. e National Park Service fig- dM a P ures for the year to date show f "" Cou an average increase of 22 to percent in the number of visits to Utah's five national parks . , V Pr?P and other NPS-administered Ristr"00 sites. ' ' S,(it,n In June (the most recent r ff8"S available figures) two attrac- misS'c tions enjoyed increases of '""ant more than 90 percent. Nearly . i' 83,000 tourists visited Capitol & Reef National Park in June (a : H'U 92 percent increase) compared fle "ur to 43,000 last year; visits to the ' tf"'"'. ! Golden Spike National Historic . Site increased 125 percent, . with more than 22,000 visitors. iior MHMMHMMt jternent |