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2003 Visitor Statistics

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2003 4th Quarter

Indicator

Oct

Nov

Dec

4th Qtr
2003

4th Qtr 2002

% Qtr
Change 02-03

YTD 03

YTD 02

YTD % Change

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,505,062

1,354,849

1,518,148

4,378,059

4,562,674

-4.0%

18,466,756

18,662,030

-1.0%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

506,832

207,017

116,097

829,946

795,064

4.4%

5,042,756

5,147,950

-2.0%

     Arches

72,875

21,343

12,283

106,501

104,707

1.7%

757,781

769,672

-1.5%

     Bryce Canyon

95,542

29,710

15,436

140,688

120,098

17.1%

903,760

886,436

2.0%

     Canyonlands

45,456

17,401

5,440

68,297

68,312

0.0%

386,985

375,549

3.0%

     Capitol Reef

62,967

18,704

7,524

89,195

83,206

7.2%

535,439

523,458

2.3%

     Zion

229,992

119,859

75,414

425,265

418,741

1.6%

2,458,791

2,592,835

-5.2%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

273,962

152,812

52,489

479,263

532,444

-10.0%

3.096.258

3.458.517

-10.5%

Utah State Parks

288,056

142,494

124,879

555,429

627,629

-11.5%

4,570,393

5,755,782

-20.6%

Utah Welcome Centers

51,994

27,127

23,621

102,742

102,306

0.4%

659,315

676,781

-2.6%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

60.3%

48.5%

46.8%

51.9%

51.6%

0.3%

58.8%

62.1%

-3.3%

2003 3rd Quarter

Indicator

Jul

Aug

Sep

3rd Qtr
2003

3rd Qtr 2002

% Change 02-03

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,798,505

1,773,812

1,415,452

4,987,769

4,927,648

1.0%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

620,891

664,628

656,582

1,942,101

1,988,508

-2.3%

     Arches

95,296

99,352

99,639

294,287

292,778

0.5%

     Bryce Canyon

129,448

148,407

142,962

420,817

390,015

7.9%

     Canyonlands

36,121

39,533

52,596

128,250

122,642

4.6%

     Capitol Reef

65,030

65,174

80,415

210,619

199,681

5.5%

     Zion

294,996

312,162

280,970

888,128

983,392

-9.7%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

534,759

504,275

352,385

1,391,419

1,582,063

-12.1%

Utah State Parks

720,477

660,898

413,319

1,794,694

2,349,743

-23.6%

Utah Welcome Centers

107,422

105,374

70,834

283,630

284,724

-0.4%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

66.0%

68.3%

58.6%

64.3%

65.5%

-1.8%

2003 2nd Quarter

Indicator

Apr

May

Jun

2nd Qtr
2003

2nd Qtr 2002

% Change 02-03

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,377,876

1,436,707

1,677,891

4,492,474

4,666,254

-3.7%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

468,897

632,652

655,996

1,757,545

1,830,710

-4.0%

     Arches

70,795

106,873

101,997

279,665

286,725

-2.5%

     Bryce Canyon

58,817

89,990

133,567

282,374

293,334

-3.7%

     Canyonlands

43,718

56,781

40,942

141,441

144,671

-2.2%

     Capitol Reef

50,657

74,452

70,856

195,965

196,237

-0.1%

     Zion

244,910

304,556

308,634

858,100

909,743

-5.7%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

176,669

300,246

532,733

1,009,648

1,101,637

-8.4%

Utah State Parks

331,255

648,483

756,254

1,735,992

1,790,300

-3.0%

Utah Welcome Centers

39,244

58,623

98,532

196,399

203,275

-3.4%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

57.8%

56.7%

62.6%

59.0%

62.7%

-3.7%

2003 1st Quarter

Indicator

Jan

Feb

Mar

1st Qtr
2003

1st Qtr 2002

% Change 02-03

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,512,982

1,420,074

1,675,398

4,608,454

4,496,182

2.5%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

113,232

113,123

286,809

513,164

533,668

-3.8%

     Arches

13,326

13,760

50,242

77,328

85,462

-9.5%

     Bryce Canyon

14,818

13,220

31,843

59,881

82,989

-27.8%

     Canyonlands

4,923

4,914

39,160

48,997

39,924

22.7%

     Capitol Reef

8,932

8,448

22,280

39,660

44,334

-10.5%

     Zion

71,233

72,781

143,284

287,298

280,959

2.3%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

51,714

53,099

111,115

215,928

242,353

-10.9%

Utah State Parks

140,556

134,691

209,019

484,266

984,612

-50.8%

Utah Welcome Centers

22,799

21,800

31,945

76,544

86,476

-11.5%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

52.6%

62.5%

63.1%

59.4%

68.1%

-8.7%

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