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Salt Lake County Cultural Industry Snapshot, 2020

Salt Lake County's arts, culture, and entertainment industry cultural industry) is comprised of a variety of industries, including jobs in the areas of design, entertainment, fashion, film, humanities, live events, museums, and traditional arts.

July 2022 Utah Consumer Sentiment

Utah’s consumer sentiment fell from 64.4 to 62.9 in July 2022, according to the Kem C. Gardner Institute’s Consumer Sentiment Survey, the lowest point since October 2020 when the survey began. A similar survey by[...]

Policy Brief: Short-Term Rental Inventory

The rise of short-term rental (STR) properties exploded globally over the last decade. Listing platforms such as AirBnB, Booking.com, and VRBO became readily accessible to individuals to list their properties to generate additional income and[...]

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The State of Utah’s Travel and Tourism Industry, September 2019 (Tri-Fold Brochure)

In 2018, travelers and tourists spent a record $9.75 billion in Utah. Nonresident visitors spent $8.38 billion of that total, with the largest shares spent[...]

September 18th, 2019|Latest Research, Practice Areas, Public Policy, Travel & Tourism|

Ivory-Boyer Construction Report, 2nd Quarter 2019

The total statewide value of permit authorized construction in Utah during the first half of 2019 is $4.7 billion (Table 1). The residential sector accounts[...]

Utahns on the Move: State and County Migration Age Patterns

Utahns are on the move. Approximately one in every six Utahns changed residences in 2016, mirroring a national trend of high mobility. As the Utah[...]

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