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  2. Dec 20, 2024In 2023, Utah's outdoor recreation economy hit $9.5 billion, up 18% from the year before. People from Utah, the rest of the United States and international visitors have discovered Utah, and outdoor officials want to make sure the visitor experience meets their standards. ... "The funding and creation of regional recreation councils ...
  3. Dec 27, 2023That number from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis details that the outdoor recreation economy in Utah grew 32.8% from 2021 to 2022, accounting for 3.2% of Utah's GDP that includes 71,677 jobs and $3.6 billion in wages. Takeaways are:
  4. Nov 22, 2024Twenty-four other states have established outdoor recreation offices or divisions since then. Related. This sport was the fastest-growing outdoor activity in the country last year. Let's go ride a bike. While winter sports dominates Utah's outdoor recreation landscape, bicycling grew 43% last year, contributing $73 million to the economy ...
  5. Nov 20, 2024It's also a large part of economies in Alaska, Florida, New England and the Mountain West, including Utah. Outdoor activities totaled $9.5 billion in value added last year in the Beehive State, where outdoor recreation makes up 4% of statewide employment, numbering 71,898 jobs, according to the data. The industry accounts for 3.4% of Utah's ...
  6. Sep 19, 2024Seventy-one percent of Utah is also made up of public lands overseen by federal or state agencies — land that is arguably an adrenaline junkie's paradise. "These lands and their resources cannot be separated from the cultural fabric, quality of life, historic uses and economic well-being of the state of Utah," per Utah.gov.
  7. Nov 1, 2024Despite its woes, the Jordan River has emerged as a popular Salt Lake County recreation destination in recent decades. Yet people rowing, biking, running or just taking a casual stroll on any part of the trail between Utah and Davis counties likely don't realize the river doesn't quite look like when pioneers settled in 1847, says Dustin Wiberg, a park development project manager for Salt Lake ...
  8. The percent of all residences that were vacation homes was 34% for Bear Lake County and 73% for Rich County in 2019. The majority of seasonal homes occur adjacent to Bear Lake in Garden City, Utah, (2000 seasonal homes) and Fish Haven, Idaho, (800 seasonal homes). In both communities, seasonal homes comprise more than 80% of all residences.
  9. Jan 28, 2025Redge Johnson, director of PLPCO, said the mechanism has been used with success before with the federal government with success using provisions in the federal Recreation Public Purposes Act. "But I don't think anybody knows exactly how many acres we've gotten, so I think this is a good bill to get in and track and see how many we have ...
  10. Feb 4, 2025The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute reported in 2021 that about 80% of over 250 people from 140 different employers surveyed in Utah's tech sector said outdoor recreation or access to the wilderness was the "most important factor" in their decision to either move to Utah or, for natives, stay in it.
  11. The recreation economy is essential to small towns throughout Utah and the West. The recreation economy is essential to small towns throughout Utah and the West. ... But a few miles north the road will deposit you in Orangeville, nestled right in the heart of Joe's Valley. ...

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