Pandemic hits Utah tourism industry hard
By: K. Sophie Will (AP)
Posted at 6:17 AM, Dec 29, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-29 08:48:39-05
ST. GEORGE, Utah â Springtime hit Bryce Canyon with a cold shoulder.
In what is typically the coldest of Utahâs five national parks, warming weather usually blossoms with opportunities for adventure and exponential economic growth as people flock to the world-renown red rock hoodoos and dense wood.
But not this year.
Lance Syrett, General Manager of Rubyâs Inn in Bryce Canyon City, leads one of the hardest-hit businesses in a tourism industry hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 didn’t stop overtourism in Utah’s national parks and communities K. Sophie Will, St. George Spectrum & Daily News
Editor s Note: This dispatch is part of a series called “On the Ground” with Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project.
For people living in southern Utah, their backyard is America’s playground. Yet, the chance to experience wide-open space and magnanimous red rock is slowly becoming more like sitting in Los Angeles peak-hour traffic.
Utah’s five national parks Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion were built in the early 20th century and are not equipped to handle the millions of people who flock here for year-round temperate weather and incredible views.