"The forecast for this summer is a gradual increase in tourism overall," said Shawn Stinson, director of communications for the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Nothing drastic … but a positive trend."
The bureau expects a 1 percent to 2 percent increase in the number of hotel rooms booked, which is how it tracks visitors.
"We took a substantial hit in 2009," Stinson said, noting that hotel-room bookings plummeted to 306,000, compared to 460,000 in 2008.
The goal for this year is 390,000 bookings. The Deseret News
