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Show Sunday, September 13, 1987 THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, - how to eet there and things to do. ; ! i . ANAHEIM, Calif. Disneyland will present "State Fair," an excitcelebration at the ing, eight-wee- k Park featuring all the fun of 50 state fairs rolled into one. The Park-wid- e event, Sept. 19 to Nov. 15, will be highlighted by delightful parades, .block parties, game-fille- d midways, food booths and many other rollicking festivities. Guests visiting the Magic King- - Week of I ; sg- . 13-1- 8 13- - 19 14- - 18 15 15- - 17 16 16-2- 0 &f , i ,i :.J 13-2- 1 University of Phoenix Holiday Inn Signctics Holiday Inn SOS Computers Excelsior North African Symposium Excelsior Word Perfect Excelsior Excelsior Dept. of Agriculture Stouffer's Foods Excelsior Ohio State Women's Volleyball Royal Inn Idaho State University Excelsior Excelsior Chapman College Excelsior University of Rhode Island Excelsior Memphis State University Excelsior University California-Riversid- e Eastern Washington University Excelsior University of Phoenix Holiday Inn Weber State Excelsior Girl Scouts Association Holiday Inn University of Utah Royal Inn American Cancer Society Excelsior U.C.L.A. Excelsior 10 Excelsior Washington State Excelsior University of Washington Jefferson Institute Excelsior BYU Golf Tournament Royal Inn 15-1- 7 : September 14 16-2- 0 s, B Group 16-2- 0 - i"i ''i'; l t rh Dates 16- - 19 F : Meetings and Conventions state fairs all in one 1 rrfTTre., -r 1 IWtf 111 16-2- 0 16- - 20 17 17- - 19 18 18 18 19 19-2- Proj. Att. FaclKcy 40 100 25 70 20 40 21 7 21 15 32 57 28 20 15 16 20 6 100 l 19-2- 1 1 19- - 21 20- - 21 Total Number of Room Nights 10 10 90 6 827 The Utah County Travel council says 24 groups with collective number of room nights equaling 827 will meet in area hotels next week. Each attender spends approximately $77 which computes to total revenues of $63,679 and taxes of $6,208.70. dom will be immersed in a state fair atmosphere from the moment they enter the Park, with bunting and banners adorning Main Street, U.S.A., and the festive ambiance extending to all corners of the Midwest : gets on comeback trail Forming a centerpiece in fron of Sleepy Beauty Castle will be an antique terris wheel which guests will be able to ride for a bird's-ey- e view of Disneyland. Yet another ferris wheel will offer rides near the Main Street Train Station. ; One of the highlights of the event will be the colorful "Come to the Fair Parade," featuring a moving montage of state fair experiences. Performed daily on Main Street, U.S.A., the cavalcade will showcase Disney characters in vi- town festivals, the daily jamboree d will be a street party full of music from barbershop quartets, dancing, eating and good ol' times. A hilarious feature of State Fair sure to tickle the funny bone will be actual pig races at Big Thunder Ranch in Frontierland. Fair-goecan cheer on their favorite porcien competitor to victory, all in fun-fille- rs good-natur- whimsical midway. Staged weekends in Town sqaure will be an Block Party. small town America's home- - fun. No state fair experience would be complete without the colorful, bustling midway, and Disneyland's version will offer challenging games of skill and the chance to win special souvenirs. A wide variety of games can be found in Town Square, the Central Plaza and in the mall near the "It's a Small World" attraction. Tasty snacks always abound at state fairs and food booths offering a wide range of delicious items will be located throughout Disneyland. Available to hungy fair-goecotton canwill be dy, barbequed food, candy apples, hot dogs, cornbreak and watermelrs on. Displays of handicrafts and fea Off icials as k Spaniards the work force of a nation where unemployment is a European high 21.7 percent. Last year Spain earned more dollars from tourism than both Italy and France and came close to surpassing U.S. tourism revenues. According to the Madrid-base- d World Tourism Organization, the of . LIVING A Meredith Magazine "Be nice to tourists because United States posted revenues of $12.9 billion, while Spain earned slightly more than $12 billion. Most of the U.S. tourism revenue comes Americans themselves traveling from one place in the country to another. Spanish officials say Spain expects to earn a record $14 billion this year. Government statistics indicate a 10.2 percent increase in tourists during the first half of the year to a total of 18.4 million, 1.7 million more than in the same period last Spain is synonymous with nice," government ads say. "A smile is your contribution." Another shows a man calling his wife from a public telephone surrounded by a group of people: "Maria? Listen, I've just met a group of very nice tourists, and I'm bringing them home for lunch. Prepare 70 Spanish omelets." The ad campaign seeks to remind those Spaniards who don't smile that tourism is their country's top industry and its main source of foreign currency. Revenues from tourism represent 10 percent of all of Spain's goods and services (gross national product) and they pay for a good portion of the country's imports as well as the trade deficit and the oil bill. Directly or indirectly, the tourist sector employs more than a million Spaniards, or nearly 10 percent year. The number of American visitors was up 14.4 percent over last year. The transport, tourism and communications minister, Abel Cabel-lersays this year has been the best yet for tourism, with a total of 50 million visitors expected, breaking last year's record of 47.3 Secretariat for The General oi But Americans are returning to Europe in huge waves now. Last year American tourism in Spain dropped off by 22.8 percent to 769,785, down from 997,774 in 1985. The 1986 figure was only a drop in Spain's overall tourism bucket, but Americans are bigger spenders than European visitors. Officials said Americans spend 'an average of $500 a person while in Spain compared with $400 for each West German or $346 for each French or British citizen. across the rural Midwest are struggling to bounce back. comStripped of their easy-goin- g communplacency, these tight-kn- it ities have been pummeled by job i machine to its make lawn furniture. losses, farm foreclosures, bank failures and, finally, an exodus of y townsfolk drawn to lights, explains Midwest Living magazine. HERE'S big-cit- Nevertheless, LIAME -- YOUR many Midwest small towns show spirit in the face of the storm. Down, but not out, their citizens fight back strengthened by challenges, wiser for their mistakes, and poised for comebacks. Creativity and a knack for niche marketing have yielded substantive economic solutions to some smalltown woes. PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL AGENT! Entrepreneurs in Floodwood, Minn., make money from the crearea's abundant peat. Mat-Inates unusual peat products, including mats that baby turkeys stand on during shipping and a promising c. mulch used nationwide in the barren areas around construction and road projects. The firm now employs 25 people in this town of 512. The 115 residents in Overland, Kan., cater to a unique market by baking bread for people with wheat spray-o- n 224-943- 6 lAA i RCIISE & TRAVEL Residents learned to allergies. I , HAWAII Call About the BEST o, million. tures native to various states, demonstrations by artisans and exhibits of agriculture technology will add to the experience. A special display area will be located in the mall in front of the Park's Main Gate. As an added treat, daring feats defyL gravity will be performed daily by BMX bicycle and skateboard-riding experts at Videopolis. Of course, besides all the special activities scheduled during State Fair, visitors to Disneyland can also enjoy the Park's more than 50 attractions. has carried out a campaign to promote Spain in Europe and the United States where a program last year was scrapped at the last minute because international terrorism gave potential tourists the jitters. d Like cornfields, many cf the small towns that sprout hail-pelte- smile Tourism grow amaranth, a form of pigweed, and developed their own recipe for amaranth bread, baked in Overland. 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