Show I Park City and Utah Host Visitors Out Out-of- state Out s t tat a t e visitors will spend five to ten percent more morein morein morein in 1969 over last years year's record high expenditures This prediction was made by Lee Jorgensen Utah Travel Council director According to Jorgensen the estimate is based on an observational study done in cooperation with chambers chambers chambers cham cham- bers of commerce National Park Service a Utah State University University University Uni Uni- research team and tourist tourist tourist tour tour- based businesses around the state Utah is part of the camper explosion that is taking place in outdoor recreation sections of America Jorgensen said Many trailer courts were turning away over overflow ow crowds State parks and national forest campgrounds we were r e generally near capacity Yet we haven't heard complaints from motels It seems they did quite well welland welland welland and in some cases were 30 percent percent per per- cent over last year year According to State Highway Department estimates the total traffic count through August for Utah increased 68 over 1968 However this volume has not been broken down into areas of resident versus resident non-resident traffic Utah's Color County in the southwest section saw a substantial substantial substantial sub sub- In increase ere a s e in traffic Despite heavy snow during the first four months of 1969 visitors toured Zion National National National Na Na- Park more than from January through August Augustof of last year Brian Head Ski Resort near C Cedar e d a r City en enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed en- en joyed the heavy snow Bill Thompson area manager re reported reported reported re- re ported that their business was up nearly 50 percent Dramatic increases in visitations visitations visitations visita visita- were seen in three National Nation Nation- al Park Service areas Glen Canyon National Re Recreation area had additional visitors Capitol Reef added nearly and Golden Spike National Historic Site increased by visitors Utah T Travel r a vel Council promotion promotion promotion pro pro- motion and publicity behind the Golden Spike and John Wesley Powell Centennials was seen as asa asa asa a definite factor for dramatic increases s at Lake Powell and the Golden Spike Historic Site The land dispute centering around Capitol Reef National Monument seemed to draw more people to this area area rather than discouraging visitors Wasatch Mountain ski sId resorts generally not noted e d excellent increases in increases increases in- in creases skiers In in Backed by a cooperative advertising an and d publicity campaign between the Utah Ski Association n and the the- Utah Travel Council res resort rt managers reported more ski sid tours tours' resident non package package- by skiers Th The Utah Reservation Reserva- Reserva var tion Center at the Salt Lake International Airport helped co coordinate o- o ordinate these efforts for the resorts Don R Re Red e d dm m o 0 on n manager of Park City West said the resort ended its first year in the black blackin in spite of a late start Exact evaluation of the summer summer summer sum sum- mer tourist market market will not not-be known until mid Novem er By that that time Utah State University researchers headed head d by Dr John Hunt and Dr Perry Brown will have completed a a study of traveler expenditures spon sponsored by the th-e Utah Travel Coun Coun- cil il Mt d |