Gateway communities illustrate the economic impact of Southern Utah’s national parks

ST. GEORGE — In 2020, national parks across the U.S. attracted 237 million visitors and generated $28.6 billion in economic output.  As high as those figures seem, they actually represent a 28% decline in overall visitation and a 31% drop in visitor spending that can be attributed, at least in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]