The National Park Service has reported record visitor numbers this year for both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National parks.The park service reports "Yellowstone National Park hosted a record number of visitors this summer. Nearly 2.3 million people came to the park during June, July and August, up 124,000 over the previous summer record of 2,173,371 set back in 1999."
"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."
Grand Teton National Park also recorded an increase in visitors of over 9%.
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