Yellowstone visitation slips a bit
The number of visitors to Yellowstone National Park fell off a bit during August.
The National Park Service reports 813,970 people visited the park during the month, down 11 percent from August 2017. In August of last year, the park saw 916,166 visits, the busiest August on record.
So far this year, the park has hosted 3,136,250 visits, which is down three percent from last year. Even with the decline in August, year-to-date visitation is still about 23 percent higher than it was six years ago.
The park service offered this comparison of year-to-date visitor numbers:
2018 – 3,136,250
2017 – 3,232,708
2016 – 3,269,024
2015 – 3,133,965
2014 – 2,717,039
2013 – 2,554,000
You can find a variety of reports on national park visitation here.