2003 Visitor Statistics

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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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