What economic activity does the Grand Canyon provide for Arizona?

Answer 1

Many of the 5,000,000 annual visitors are not destination tourists, but have added a side visit to the Canyon, at least on their first visit while vacationing elsewhere in California or the Southwest. This cuts down on the duration of their stay, but a very large number of visitors make a serious return trip. Visitors are also big on the hiking and camping experience which also cuts down on their spending. Just feeding, housing and transportation for five million guests every year is no small amount of loose change and a full 17 percent of the National Park's visitors are foreigners who represent the "big spenders" in travel and tourism.