Nearly 753,000 visitors came to the park this past August. That’s up three percent compared to the August 2008, and just a little more than 11,000 shy of the all-time August record of 764,237 set in 1998.
Park visitation year-to-date is up 8.1 percent compared to the same period in 2008, and well above the previous January through August visitation record of 2,511,790 set in 2007.
Month |
2009 |
2008 |
YTY |
June | 643,844 | 593,406 | +8.5% |
July | 900,515 | 806,110 | +11.4% |
August | 752,983 | 731,063 | +3.0% |
June-August | 2,297,342 | 2,132,576 | +7.7% |
Year to Date |
2,654,378 |
2,454,517 |
+8.1% |
The West Entrance remains the park’s busiest, with 1,090,306 visitors for the year; and nearly 300,000 in August alone. The greatest percentage increase in visitation was again recorded through the East Entrance, up 16.3 percent from August 2008.
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