Utah tourism spending in 2021 rose 42.5% from 2020 as the industry began to recover from COVID-19 pandemic impacts, a new report finds.
The surge in tourism spending represents a 42.5% increase from 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down global traveling. 2021 also blew past the. That said, tourism economy experts expect that a follow-up report for 2022 will highlight new issues that emerged last year.
These numbers, along with all other forms of tourism, turned out to be huge for Utah. The report states: The industry fueled 89,600 jobs, while indirect and induced spending supported an additional 41,000 jobs.Taxable accommodations sales reached $2.62 billion in 2021, a 53.3% year-over-year increase from 2020.
Leaver wrote in the report that "concerns of a potential recession" in the U.S. also drove down travel. The exact impact of the decline will be outlined in a future Gardner Policy Institute report.
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