How many visitors did the Yellowstone National Park receive in the first nine months of 2009?
If Yellowstone National Park can be viewed as a bellwether, then those who fear the national parks are suffering from a decline in visitors will be relieved. The latest figures show that a visitation rebound in Yellowstone that started in May has now reached a record pace. Not only has visitation through the first half of 2009 eclipsed the 1 million mark, but the nearly 644,000 folks who visited Yellowstone in June reflected an 8.5 percent increase from June 2008, and up from the 609,000 who visited in June 2007, which was the only other time June visitation edged above 600,000. Overall, for the first six months of 2009 just more than 1 million people visited Yellowstone. That’s up 9.3 percent over 2008 levels, and again tops the previous record January-through-June total of 978,000 visitors set in 2007. All park entrances reported visitation increases compared to 2008, with the Northeast, East, and North entrances showing the greatest percentage increase. The statistics also show more
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