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Show 142 closely to the development of new or more adequate facilities such as campsites, trailer parking facilities. A survey ( Hunt and Brown, 1971) showed that in 1970, 16.8 percent of Utah's tourists visited the Great Salt Lake, mostly during the summer. Fall was the second heaviest season, followed by winter and spring. The Great Salt Lake Desert and Bonneville Speedway were visited by two percent of Utah's tourists, with fall the most popular season. Spring was next in popularity, followed by summer, and no visits were made to this area during the winter. Lagoon was popular, visited by 0.7 percent of Utah's tourists in the spring and summer, with fall also somewhat popular. Lagoon is closed during the winter. These same trends were reflected in 1971. Over 12 percent of Utah's tourists visited the Great Salt Lake. Summer was the most popular time followed by fall, winter and spring in that order. The Great Salt Lake Desert and Bonneville Speedway attracted 3.5 percent of the tourists with spring the most popular season. Summer, winter and fall all followed with equal popularity. Summer was the most popular season to visit Lagoon, with spring and fall equal in preference. Lagoon attracted 1.3 percent of Utah's tourists in 1971. ( Hunt, Brown and Kinzler, 1972) Resorts From 1870 until 1958, when the last of the big resorts closed, the season traditionally opened on Memorial Day and closed on Labor Day, creating an annual operation of around 100 days. During this period, 84,000 people visited Garfield Beach in one season. Between 1893 and 1925, Saltair saw as many as 160,000 visitors in a single season. From |
