Iron County Record | 1941-04-24 | Page 3 | Expert Reports Many Tourists Visited State

Expert Reports Many Tourists Visited State At least 1,991,822 tourists visited Utah last year, according to an estimate which has Just been released re-leased by Philip Fuller, director of the Conoco Travel Bureau, the largest free tourist organization In the United States. Records of the Bureau, broken down by state regions, show that the Bureau itself directed 409,605 tourists into the northern part of the state, and 183,260 into the southern half of the state. Fuller's estimateh are based on all tourist information obtainable traffic flow data, counts made by state highway controls, statistics obtained ob-tained from managers of private tourist attractions, and from various vari-ous other information furnished through Conoco stations where Tour-aides Tour-aides are available. Total amount of money spent by tourists In Utah in 1940 was placed at 837,406,802 by the report. Fuller's Investigations over the entire en-tire country show that motor travel throughout the United States show-ed show-ed an Increase of 6.82 per cent last year. The greater portion of this Increase, Fuller said, was brought about by Mr. Average American making his vacation a motor trip. The wealthy group of travelers added add-ed materially more than their usual amount to the total tourist travel by staying away from war-torn Europe and doing their traveling in this country, a fact definitely Indicated by an Increase In the business done by the higher-priced recreational establishments throughout through-out the country.