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ST. GEORGE Southwest Utah is gearing up for a bustling spring break season as folks along the Wasatch Front head for some fun in the sun. If you don t have a room in St. George on the weekends it s very tough, said John Olsen, sales manager for the Quality Inn Red Cliffs Hotel in Washington. Which is great. It s a good problem to have.
Olsen said they ve been busy so far this year hosting visitors for sporting tournaments and other vacationers. It s hopping one of our best Marches on record, he added. The national park is in full swing so everybody is wanting to come to southern Utah.
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Editor s note: This is the second in a series looking into the state of tourism in Utah following COVID-19. Be sure to read part one.
ST. GEORGE Utah s national parks felt about as vacant as they ever have since they were designated by the federal government as the threat of COVID-19 became more apparent.
Characteristics of the virus were still widely unknown to everyone by the time it hit the U.S. with full force in mid-March last year. The Department of Interior even shut down access to all federal lands for several weeks near the beginning of the pandemic.