The+Tourism+Industry


 * Standard 4. ** Students will understand the diverse ways people make a living in Utah.
 * Objective 4.** Investigate the current status of Utah's economy.
 * Indicator a.** Examine the role of recreation and tourism in Utah.


 * Lesson: The Tourism Industry **


 * Vocabulary:**
 * Tourism


 * Essential Questions:**
 * How do tourism dollars contribute to the Utah economy?
 * What kinds of venues and events attract tourists to Utah?


 * Instructional Activities:**
 * Have students make a list of their favorite places to go on a trip to in Utah. Ask students if when they go to these places they notice that there are lots of people who are not from Utah there. Ask them why they think these people would come to Utah?
 * Talk about the vastness of the tourism industry in Utah.
 * Choose a sample Utah attraction and discuss, as a class, two things:
 * Why does that attraction attract tourists //within// Utah and //to// Utah?
 * How do tourists visiting this attraction contribute to the local and/or Utah economy?
 * Discuss with students the impact that tourism has on Utah's economy.
 * Assign the students to research a tourist attraction in Utah and make a brochure about it. The brochure should be targeted to people outside of Utah. On the back of the brochure have the students creatively talk about the economic benefits to the state and local population that the attraction provides.

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 * Olympic Sports Park
 * Arches National Park
 * Bryce Canyon National Park
 * Canyonlands National Park
 * Capitol Reef National Park
 * Zion National Park
 * Monument Valley
 * Flaming Gorge
 * Lake Powell
 * Whitewater Rafting
 * Moab
 * Nine Mile Canyon
 * Goblin Valley
 * Dinosaur National Monument
 * Shakespeare Festival
 * Senior Games
 * Antelope Island
 * Hill Aerospace Museum
 * Promontory Point
 * Bear Lake
 * Temple Square
 * Kennecott Copper Mine
 * Miller Motorsports Park
 * Tuacahn
 * Sundance Film Festival
 * Timpanogos Cave
 * Little Sahara
 * Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge


 * Assessment:**
 * Student brochures.
 * Test Question: How does tourism affect the economy of Utah?


 * Materials / Resources for Teachers:**
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 * [|http://www.governor.utah.gov/dea/ERG/2011ERG.pdf](pages 173 - 178)


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