by AJ Martel — Glamping and short-term rental numbers have surged in recent years. But how much is too much for the Southern Utah lodging market?
Tag: tourism
![People ride mules and horses through the red hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bryce-Canyon-offers-over-5-miles-of-horse-trails-for-both-private-and-wrangler-led-rides.-Photo-Adobe-Stock-Denis-Feldmann-scaled-e1709843971501.webp)
NPS — “This change aligns our private horse rides with the digital pass and campground reservation options already available,” said Jim Ireland.
![Five women show their snowshoed feet as they sit on a fence with snowy red rocks behind them.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Is102-Byway-Karen-Ruby_s-Winterfest-Snowshoe-crt-Karen-scaled-e1709064084407.webp)
The Byway — A free snowshoe guide and much more are yours at the Bryce Canyon Winter Festival on Presidents’ Day weekend.
![A reconstruction of how a home in the late 1800s to early 1900s would have looked.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/childhood-home-pc-amanderson2-e1707849739509.jpg)
by Ari Hurdsman — A nice tourist site near Piute is the home of an outlaw. With rich history, Butch Cassidy’s boyhood home may be Utah’s newest State Monument.
![An aerial shot of a group of five cross country skiing on a packed track of snow.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cross-country-skiing-crt-rubys-inn-scaled-e1706245414682.jpeg)
The Byway — This year, Ruby’s Inn is expecting over 2,000 guests for their 39th annual Winter Festival on February 17-19, 2024.
![An aerial view of the domes from a drone. Cannonville is shown past the resort through the mountain cut.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/domes-cannonville-sunset-crt-Hal-Feinberg-e1706121764385.jpg)
The Byway — In 2022, Hal Feinberg purchased 80 acres of a canyon east of Cannonville for a dark sky resort that is now in its finishing stages.
![Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson speaking at the One Utah Summit in Cedar City.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Diedre-henderson-one-utah-summit-scaled-e1696733077342.jpeg)
The Byway — Topics on farming, ranching and meat processing topped the list among discussions focused on rural issues at the One Utah Summit.
![Graphic: Crowds of stick figures by Bryce Canyon stare up at the solar eclipse.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/graphic-bryce-canyon-crowds-eclipse.png)
The Byway — Be patient, schedule extra staff, allow time for traffic, stock up, and don’t forget your eclipse glasses on October 14 in small-town Utah.
![Peter Densmore in snowshoes looking over Bryce Canyon in the early morning.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Full-Moon-Snowshoe-Hike_NPS-Photo-scaled-e1692646986987.jpg)
NPS — A National Park Service report shows tourism spending resulted in 23,312 jobs, a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $2,597,700,000.
![Graphic: A scenic Byway road passes through a town with signs for pizza, gear, and crafts.](https://utahbyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Scenic-Byway.png)
by Abbie Call — Tourism best practices are meant to help tourist spots stick around environmentally, economically and culturally, but what even are they?