Utah Tourism Office Gets $1M Grant For Pandemic Recovery
Feb 2, 2021, 3:49 PM | Updated: 6:35 pm
(Utah Office of Tourism)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah’s tourism industry is getting a $1 million grant to help it recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The grant is part of the federal CARES Act and will be matched with $250,000 dollars in state funds.
“Our goal is to train the tourism industry in best-practices to thrive in a post-pandemic world, prepare our individual destinations for economic recovery and encourage residents to travel responsibly in Utah,” said Vicki Varela, managing director of Utah Office of Tourism. “These projects touch on all areas that COVID-19 has affected our work — business skills, community preparation and mitigating the impact of visitation on our public lands.”
The grant is expected to create 256 high-paying and/or high-skill jobs.