Tourism at Utah’s national parks and monuments fed more than $1 billion into the local economies in 2017, according to report issued Thursday by the National Park Service.
A combined 15.2 million visitors spent an estimated $1.1 billion while visiting the state's "Mighty 5" national parks — Zion, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Arches — along with national monuments and historic sites, including the popular Cedar Breaks and Pipe Spring national monuments, according to the report...