From Deseret News archives:

Huntsman hopes to lure 5 million more visitors

Published: Friday, May 6, 2005 6:14 p.m. MDT
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. spelled out goals for Utah tourism this week at the fourth annual Rural Business Conference in Price.

Huntsman said he wants to increase the number of tourists to Utah by 5 million visitors a year, which could generate an additional $1.4 billion for the state. Utah now gets about 17 million visitors annually.

An $18 million appropriation approved this year will be used to market Utah to out-of-staters.

The annual conference, at the College of Eastern Utah, was hosted by U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, and the Utah Rural Development Council.

Comments

You can be the first to comment on this story.

previousnext

Latest comments

Rivalry dishes out talking points

Who is wyane howard and who cares what he said 32 years ago. This whole...

Are we really so different? The only difference is in the intensity. We...

didn't Hall's family file assault charges last year? Why wasn't anything done...

Cougs begin bowl preparations

I just bought tickets to the Las Vegas Bowl so I hope BYU goes there, but if...

Max Hall issues apology

I think Max regreats what he said after the game Saturday. He has aplogized...

Utes won't respond to Hall

Looking forward to seeing Riley Nelson or Jake Heaps stagger into RES next...

where are u. Gone and forgotten!

MAX HALL HAS MADE AN APOLOGY TO THE UTES FAN AND THE UNIVERSITY, LETS MOVE...

Max so much, why all the whining that he hates u too!

BCS stable at top, Y. up to 14

Cincinnati, TCU and last year's Utes don't have the depth and strength to...

Advertisements