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Travel industry in Utah

Published: Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:47 a.m. MDT
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Spending: $5 billion
Tax receipts: $873.4 million
Employment: 73,000 jobs
Payroll: $1.5 billion

TRAVEL INDUSTRY FUN FACTS

• Travel and tourism is a $1.6 billion industry in the United States. If $1 equaled one second of time, then 1.6 trillion would equal almost 51,000 years.

• The industry generates $110 billion in tax revenue for local, state and federal governments. If you place 110 billion $1 bills end-to-end, they would circle the world 419 times.

• You could fill the Louisiana Superdome a hundred times over with people directly employed in the industry.

• Dining is the most popular domestic trip activity and is included in 31 percent of all domestic trips. Shopping is the No. 1 leisure/recreational activity for overseas visitors.

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