ST. GEORGE — The numbers are in and Zion National Park officially joined rare company in 2021.
Visitation at the park topped 5 million for the first time ever in 2021, according to data released by the National Park Service late last week. The agency’s information shows Zion is the fourth national park to ever reach that figure, joining the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains and Yosemite national parks.
Zion National Park was also the second-most visited park in the National Park Service system last year with a final tally of 5,039,835 visitors. It broke its previous park visitation record — over 4.5 million visitors set in 2017 — back in October.
It’s one of the four Utah national parks that broke visitation records last year. All but Bryce Canyon National Park set records in that category, and the five parks combined for a record-breaking 11.3 million visitors in 2021. The final figure is a 45% increase from the 2020 total, which dropped as a result of COVID-19 shutdowns, concerns and travel restrictions.
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Written by Carter Williams, KSL.com.
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