Sports Illustrated , an official Olympic sponsor, is one of about 50 companies involved with the Olympics that are being contacted regarding their interest in traveling to the Moab area, Hughes added. In addition, several top outdoor and travel magazines have already been sending their writers to Southeastern Utah to do feature articles on the area. This suggested tour is but one of many possible package deals being considered by the Marketing and Packaging Committee. Longer deals, of course, will have more activities, frills and options. The Moab Utah Gold 2002 committee meets each Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Moab Information Center.
Meetings are open to the public, and additional participation is welcome.
Photo by Kari Gibb Many people in Grand County celebrated last week with the announcement that Moab will be the first city in Utah to receive the Olympic Torch for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Some say it's fitting that Moab be the first city to host the Olympic Torch, for it was partially in Moab that the sparks were ignited to light the fire and attain the games many years ago. For the past ten years, representatives of the tourist industry here have been looking for ways to promote this recreational haven. I would say that ten years of work has gone into promoting the state for the games and much of that from the earliest times has been in Moab. The turning point in all of this was several years ago when Peter Ronnigen joined us on a trip.