Salt
Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams and the area’s tourism board showed their
sense of humor by responding to an article in the Onion that claimed
the city was changing their tourism tactics.
The original article stated (with auto play video):
In
a move designed to help the metropolitan area attract more tourists,
Salt Lake City officials unveiled a new advertising campaign Thursday
reminding potential visitors that they can leave at any time.
The response,
according to the tourism site, was to pass an emergency bill to close all exits from the city.
"How
are we expecting to increase revenue that way?" an incredulous Mayor
McAdams asked tourism board members in an emergency meeting late
Thursday night. "The amount of revenue this new bill will generate in
hotel and restaurant taxes will pay for the closing of all Salt Lake's
exit routes almost immediately. Keeping visitors here indefinitely will
help secure our already thriving economy."
The
measures taken are then outlined, which includes both freeway off-ramps
and airlines tickets, which will now be one-way. The bottom of the
article carries the tagline “Welcome to Salt Lake. You Can Check In Any
Time You Like…”
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