Ask a Park City retiree about tourism and the person may rattle off complaints about traffic, lines at restaurants or a parking shortage. Ask a member of the Park City workforce about tourism, however, and the answer could be quite different as the person talks of the next paycheck and the due date for rent. As the community continues discussions about the future of local tourism, the chasms between the various sides of the issue cannot be dismissed.
As Park City’s abundance of outdoor activities draws more and more visitors to the area, residents are becoming extremely worried about the impact of tourism on the natural environment, according to a recent survey.