They come for the outdoors. They come for the shopping. They come to get away from their busy lives. Of those tourists, about 250,000 go whitewater rafting and boating. Another 700,000 come for downhill skiing.
Thousands stop by the state s parks and resorts to go fishing, rock climbing and hiking.
But not all of the state s tourism is outdoors oriented. Bailey said one of the top attractions to the state is shopping. We often forget that when we talk about tourism. People like to look around cities and towns. They like to walk into stores.