Utah is a popular tourist destination and was host to the 2002 Winter Olympics. Temple Square in Salt Lake City, the ski resorts in the Wasatch Range, the five national parks in the south, such as Arches, Zion and Bryce Canyon, and the Sundance Film Festival are among the most visited areas or events.

Utah is one of the Four Corners states, and is bordered by: Idaho and Wyoming in the north, by Colorado in the east, at a single point by New Mexico to the southeast (at the Four Corners Monument), by Arizona in the south, and by Nevada in the west.