Home Based Travel Agent - November 2008 - (Page 24) Grand Canyon ONE NATIVE AMERICAN NATION MAKES THE MOST OF ITS CULTURE BY JENA TESSE FOX T 24 WEST he Hualapai Nation is much older than Arizona, but its tourism project shares a birthday with the state. In 1988, 76 years after Arizona became the 48th state in the Union on February 14, 1912, the Nation opened Grand Canyon West (www.destinationgrand canyon.com) on its reservation, welcoming visitors from around the world. Twenty years later, Grand Canyon West continues to offer a unique Southwestern experience to tourists. Last year, it opened the Skywalk, a glass-bottomed pathway 4,000 feet above the Canyon floor that lets visitors literally walk out into the Grand Canyon. Not quite a resort and not quite a park, Grand Canyon West is best described as a “destination” for people eager not only to enjoy splendid vistas, but to experience—and support—Native American culture. While other Native Nations have struggled with tourists coming to their ancestral lands—and current homes—uninvited and unescorted, the Hualapai Nation decided to take advantage of people’s interest and created the Grand Canyon Resort Corporation, the parent company of Grand Canyon West. Grand Canyon West is a collection of viewpoints and attractions spread over 9,000 acres of the Grand Canyon’s West Rim in northwest Arizona, 120 miles east of Las Vegas. All-inclusive tours to the destination are available from Las Vegas, Phoenix and Sedona, AZ, by airplane, helicopter, coach and car. The area is open daily year-round, and overnight cabins are available onsite at the Hualapai Ranch. Grand Canyon West has an Home-BasedTravelAgent NOV EMBE R 2008 http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com
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