Travel, Tourism and Recreation: Crowds Flock To Montana During COVID Summer

Yellowstone National Park experienced increased visitation over 2019 in every month from July to November; September and October set visitation records (Figure 2). The eastern entrance to the park has remained closed throughout the year; meanwhile, the west gate to the park set record traffic counts...

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Published inMontana business quarterly Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 40 - 43
Main Author Sage, Jeremy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Missoula University of Montana 22.12.2020
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Subjects
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
National parks
Pandemics
State parks
Tax collections
Tourism
Travel industry
Montana
United States > US
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Summary:Yellowstone National Park experienced increased visitation over 2019 in every month from July to November; September and October set visitation records (Figure 2). The eastern entrance to the park has remained closed throughout the year; meanwhile, the west gate to the park set record traffic counts every month from August to November. [...]even though total visitation was down, those that did visit were concentrated on the western side of the park. Jeremy Sage is an associate research professor in the department of geography and the associate director of the Institutefor Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana.
ISSN:0026-9921