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Show 1949 Is Greatest Vacation Year In U S History Reputable travel authorities announce that we are right in the middle of the greatest vaca- ' tion season m the history of trie U. S. This summer, well over 30,000,000 wage earners are enjoying en-joying vacations with pay, many for the first time. More than four-fifths of all persons employed employ-ed in private industry in this country and 97 per cent of all office workers are eligibla for paid vacations. Today, more than 12,000,000, or over 85 per cent of all union workers have paid vacations in their work agreements, whereas, where-as, even as recently as 1940, only 25 per cent were so covered. Practically all vacationists do more or less traveling and according ac-cording to a recent survey, 41 per cent travel all during their vacation. At this moment, it is interesting to note that out-of-state cars crowcL every major Utah highway. Some idea of what tourists spend in Utah is rapidly being gained by the Utah Department of Publicity through tourist questionnaires ques-tionnaires distributed to visitors while in the state. As these questionnaires ques-tionnaires return they offer valuable val-uable data. However, one of the most unique is from a New York man. The gentleman traveled through Utah entering on U. S. 40 and leaving the state at St, George. While here he spent a total of $2,777. He was only in the state fotfr days, but left $2777 in Utah. In his explanation he points out that his car broke down at Vernal. "Here." he said, "we received good, honest treatment treat-ment and decided to buy a new car," for which he spent $2700. Whether it is for a new car, for food, for gasoline, or a night's lodging, the tourist dollar contributes con-tributes substantially to Utah's economy. To just exactly what amount the tourist business aids the state is not known, however a national magazine this month declares that Utah receives $100,000,000 from the tourists. The Utah Department of Publicity, Publi-city, a bit more conservative, would set the figure at approximately approx-imately $80,000,000. |