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Show 149 TABLE 32 ESTIMATED RESIDENT RECREATION ACTIVITY OCCASIONS AT GREAT SALT LAKE ATTRACTIONS AND PROPORTION OF WASATCH FRONT RESIDENT ACTIVITY OCCASIONS OCCURRING AT GREAT SALT LAKE RECREATIONAL ATTRACTIONS, 1974 Activity Occasions Proportion of Estimated Occasions Generated by Wasatch Occasions Occurring at Great Salt Lake Front Residents3 in at Great Salt Lake Activity Attractions the Wasatch Front Attractions Swimming 191,200 2,238,600 8.5 Boating 123,200 286,000 43.1 Fishing 53,500 545,700 9.8 Hunting 67,100 58,400 114.8 Photography 71,800 18,300 392.3 Trailbiking 19,200 92,200 20.8 Camping 48,100 362,300 13.3 Picnicking 95,200 826,700 11.5 Sightseeing 98,300 889,700 11.0 Source: aHunt, J. D. and P. J. Brown. 1973. Utah Resident Outdoor Recreation Participation, Final Report. 1971- 1972. Institute for the Study of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Utah State University, Logan. 125 pp. Activity occasions are occasions generated by residents of Multicounty Planning Districts 1, 2, and 3 occurring Multicounty Planning Districts 2 and 3. ^ Resident activity occasions estimated from the Driving for Pleasure occasions in Hunt and Brown above. ecosystem and problems of interaction with nearby industrial activities. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RECREATIONAL USE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE Between 1959 and 1965, there was a 28 percent increase in total |