Show spotlighting 19 ling U TA L all I 1 I 1 tourists Tours ts and bousi housing ing utah is not getting its just share of tourist money although 1946 will possibly go on record as the greatest of tourist years thousands of cars are racing through I 1 utah to other tourist destinations while we hope that some other year will prove a miracle what we desperately need is augmented 1 income for 1946 from somewhere I 1 has come coma the idea that utah can I 1 not cash in on the profitable tourist I 1 trade because of lack of housing accommodations and facilities such and idea is a good excuse for doing nothing but it is a philosophy i that does not hold bold up under scid scia tiny in the first place very few tourists even inquire aboutack about accommodations before they leave home so are willing to take a chance incidentally this writer in traveling up and down the state has failed only once to get desirable sleeping s I 1 e e p i n t ns in the second place most other western states that are attractive to the tourist are in worse condition than utah the fact will always hold true that any area will get along all rig right h t if it spends as much time in seeking ways to surmount a difficulty as it does in sitting back with a complacent feeling that nothing can be done compensating va u acs Cs if accommodations are difficult diff cult the challenge exists to offer other types cf f service that wilfrei will make ake the traveler forget inconveniences he can still be made to feel that utah is essentially a hospitable place where human beings are interested in his welfare he an ani and I his friends will then return again and again when conditions may be propitious there is simply no substitute for attractive ungrudging service no reason exists why every effort should not be made to show the traveler that utah people are interested in his welfare accurse information vital in the field of giving accurate information utah people could render a really great service with but little effort this covers two fields 1 the ability to answer questions and give understandable directions 2 the ability and willingness to make constructive recommendations it is regrettable that tourists after traveling hundreds of miles are forced to miss the greatest wonders of nature just because no one impresses them with the importance of a I 1 little i t t I 1 e side trip the sand dunes near kanab s bething me thing unique in america are seldom mentioned to any traveler goa gos cave and the dinosaur national monument would be worth millions of dollars of extra tourist business if they were in california |