1. Experience Utah!

2. Tourism “Utah makes money when tourists stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, and buy things in our stores. Whenever they spend money here, they also pay taxes. Tourism in 1994, for instance, was a $3 billion business. It made more money for Utah than agriculture and mining combined.” -Utah History Textbook

3. Recent Stats 2010 - 75% of Utah’s visitors come from the Western United States. 2010 - International visitors accounted for an estimated 721,140 visits in 2010. 2011 - 4.7 million visitors enjoyed Utah’s 43 state parks 2011 - 20.3 million passengers arrived at Salt Lake International Airport during the year 2011 - Utah’s 14 ski resorts hosted 3.8 million skier days during the 2011/12 season

4. Moab

7. Utah National Parks

8. Arches National Park

10. Zion National Park

12. Canyonlands National Park

14. Monument Valley

15. Bryce Canyon National Park

16. Timpanogos Cave National Monument

18. Dinosaur National Monument

20. Bear Lake

21. Museums Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point Utah Museum of Natural History Utah Museum of Fine Arts Utah Children’s Museum Railroad Museum Western Mining and Railroad Museum Springville Art Museum Museum of Art at Brigham Young University John Wesley Powell River History Museum

22. Lagoon

23. Great Salt Lake

25. Grand Staircase-Escalante

27. SKI UTAH

28. Temple Square

29. Lake Powell

32. Rainbow Bridge

33. Coral Pink Sand Dunes

35. Soldier Hollow Sledding Hill

36. Mountains Galore!

37. Movies Filmed in Utah (and this is only a few of them!) Dumb and Dumber Pirates of the Caribbean Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Mission: Impossible Better Off Dead The Flintstones Forrest Gump Independence Day Maverick 127 Hours High School Musical Jeremiah Johnson Drive Me Crazy Footloose- in LEHI Planet of the Apes Sandlot City Slickers Back to the Future How the Grinch Stole Christmas Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Superman

38. Performing Arts Tuacahn in St. George Utah Shakespeare Festival Mormon Tabernacle Choir College Performing Arts (BYU, Utah State, University of Utah, UVU, etc…) Hale Theater

39. Helpful Sites http://www.visitsouthernutah.com/ http://www.visitutah.com/ http://www.utah.com/arts/ http://www.utah.com/nationalparks/