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Bryce Canyon is one of the most popular destinations in America to visit if you want to experience the stunning beauty of the National Parks that are protected by the US government.  Bryce is roughly the same distance from Las Vegas as it is from Salt Lake City, which are the two nearest cities that can support traffic from major airlines.  The drive to Bryce is about four hours from both cities, but smart visitors choose Las Vegas as the beginning of the tip far more than Salt Lake City due to the fact that cheaper flights can be had going to Las Vegas, and it also has a far better selection of hotels and restaurants.  Lets face it, Las Vegas is also a better tourist destination to start from as well, because there is more to do there on the days when you are not touring the nearby National Parks.  Our tours of Bryce Canyon are offered as multiple-park tours for a specific reason, that we can maximize our tour time of National Parks and minimize our driving time by first visiting Zion, which is only 2.5 hours from Vegas, and then traveling from there to Bryce.  We also visit Monument Valley and The Grand Canyon on the same trip, due to the fact that we can drive only short distances between the parks and get the best experience of multiple areas while having only short drives in between. Bryce Canyon is absolutely spectacular, and is a must see for people who want to experience the beauty of southwestern open spaces.  We allow our customers an even more unique experience than they might ever expect, because most people who see Bryce Canyon only see it during the day.  Bindlestiff Tours chooses to allow our visitors to see Bryce at

Zion Canyon National Park is one of the most popular protected spaces in the United States to visit and explore.  No more than a few years ago, many National Parks were having some difficulty with dropping visitor numbers, and governmental pressures to commit resources to spaces that had low tourism numbers.  Basically, politicians were hesitant to give money to programs that would keep the parks in good repair, clean and staffed, due to sagging numbers of tourists visiting the areas.  The response was an advertising campaign called "Find Your Park" that utilized television and magazine ads to illustrate the beauty of these protected spaces.  The response was overwhelmingly successful, and tourism to the National Parks marketed skyrocketed.  Zion Canyon National Park, however, saw far more of an increase in interest than others did.  This can only lead people involved in the tourism industry to speculate on why.  The answer might actually be found in the park's geographic location. Zion is roughly 2.5 hours drive from Las Vegas.  While that may seem like a lot, it is actually about half the distance from Las Vegas as many of the other parks that were advertised like Bryce and Monument Valley.  While most tour operators like ourselves will offer the tour of Zion as part of trips that visit multiple parks, many people will simply drive to Zion on their own.  This is the reason behind the increases in tourist activity at the areas, and the best guess as to why Zion became so much more popular than the other parks is because it is the closest to a major city like Las Vegas, where people can take a commercial flight into and find a hotel room easily.  Other nearly cities like Salt Lake City do not have as good of flight schedules

Zion Canyon has become one of the most popular tours of a National Park in America. This is probably due to the wildly successful "Find Your Park" advertising campaign that was put forth by the US Parks Department over the course of the last year. The campaign was designed to raise tourism levels at National Parks nation wide, due to sagging visitor numbers over the past decade. Through a series of television and magazine ads, the benefits of the National Parks available for visit within different sections of the United States were highlighted. The campaign succeeded in raising tourism levels at most parks, however Zion Canyon showed increases unlike the others. Zion Canyon visitor numbers exploded, making it one of the most popular and visited areas in the United States. The question remains "why did Zion benefit so much more from the campaign than other parks?" The answer is believed to be found in Zion's geographic positioning. Tours of Zion have to begin somewhere, as do tours of any National Park. If you do not live within a reasonable driving distance to the park you desire to visit, then you are going to have to fly to the nearest city that supports commercial air traffic.  You are also going to have to secure a hotel room in that city, and probably spend a certain amount of time in that location even though you are using it as the origin of a tour of Zion.  With regards to distances from Zion Canyon, Las Vegas is the nearest city that supports traffic from major airlines.  Las Vegas is also home to more hotel rooms than any other city in America, providing more choices of rooms within the budget of the traveler than any other city.  Las Vegas is positioned about 2.5 hours