Author:
Boyd Percy
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Date Posted: 21:56:49 03/20/16 Sun
>Quote - "Plans for a huge commercial development that
>would transform a tiny town near the edge of the Grand
>Canyon have been thrown out by federal officials in a
>surprise victory for conservation and indigenous
>interests – but campaigners warn that the world famous
>natural wonder remains in peril.
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>Tusayan, in northern Arizona, has a few low-key hotels
>and a population of just 560.
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>A mile from the entrance to Grand Canyon national
>park, it is the last settlement tourists pass through,
>if they even notice it, before entering the park to
>gawp into the spectacular sandstone abyss."
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>href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/13/gr
>and-canyon-commercial-development-tusayan-conservation"
>>http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/13/grand-c
>anyon-commercial-development-tusayan-conservation
It's been about a dozen years since I've been in Tusayan. It's handy if you don't have a reservation for a room in the Grand Canyon National Park. The rooms were decent enough if you don't need luxury accommodations. There were few restaurants then but there are more now and not all of them are fast food places. They have helicopter and plane flights, horse and jeep rides. They have an I-Max theater with a good movie of the Grand Canyon. Convenient if you want to do day hikes and other things in the Park.
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