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2005 Current Visitor Statistics
revised 12/05

4th Quarter

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Indicator

October

November

December

4th Qtr
2005

4th Qtr 2004

% Qtr
Change 04-05

YTD 05

YTD 04

%
Change
04-05

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,801,998

1,682,437

1,704,521

5,188,956

4,506,113

15.2%

22,237,936
18,352,495
21.2%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

476,847

203,903
116,363
797,113

769,140

3.6%

5,329,931
5,318,157
0.2%

     Arches

63,625
23,813
13,206
100,644

91,876

9.5%

781,667
733,129
6.6%

     Bryce Canyon

83,564
31,923
17,704
133,191

121,467

9.7%

1,017,680
987,250
3.1%

     Canyonlands

45,512
13,569
4,133
63,214
61,274

3.2%

393,672
371,706
5.9%

     Capitol Reef

56,577
16,515
10,463
83,555
76,894
8.7%
550,253
551,910
-0.3%

     Zion

227,569
118,083
70,857
416,509
417,629

-0.3%

2,586,659
2,674,162
-3.3%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

244,305
114,941
62,349
421,595
428,884

-1.7%

3,176,925
3,061,107
3.8%

Utah State Parks

285,574
133,499
94,696
513,769
555,429

-7.5%

4,377,041
4,413,702

           -0.8%

Utah Welcome Centers

45,718
26,727
22,962
95,407
91,817

3.9%

598,863
612,004
-2.1%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

65.8%
54.8%
50.8%
57.1%
52.1%

5.0%

65.0%
60.8%
4.2%

3rd Quarter

Indicator

July

August

September

3rd Qtr
2005

3rd Qtr 2004

% Qtr
Change 04-05

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

2,163,910

2,135,789

1,778,458

6,078,157

4,942,566

23.0%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

754,083

715,233

673,688

2,143,004

2,090,590

2.5%

     Arches

106,555

103,403

88,218

298,176

272,430

9.5%

     Bryce Canyon

174,099

165,818

152,109

492,026

474,768

3.6%

     Canyonlands

51,275

40,225

55,225

146,725

118,080

24.3

     Capitol Reef

74,409

64,961

79,672

219,042

226,113

-3.1%

     Zion

347,745

340,826

298,464

987,035

999,199

-1.2%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

586,914

529,360

443,252

1,559,526

1,417,179

10.0

Utah State Parks

818,958

755,083

409,434

1,983,475

1,944,084

2.o

Utah Welcome Centers

102,794

92,214

63,644

258,652

258,591

0.0

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

76.6%

75.8%

66.8%

73.1%

68.0%

5.1%

2nd Quarter

Indicator

April

May

June

2nd Qtr
2005

2nd Qtr 2004

% Qtr
Change 04-05

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,774,289

1,843,520

2,024,862

5,642,671

4,526,106

24.7%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

445,774

648,860

729,101

1,823,735

1,892,410

-3.6%

     Arches

71,708

111,718

110,517

293,943

286,955

2.4%

     Bryce Canyon

56,390

114,249

154,760

325,399

327,611

-0.7%

     Canyonlands

39,761

56,291

46,908

142,960

154,183

-7.3%

     Capitol Reef

47,550

83,056

77,067

207,673

205,734

0.9%

     Zion

230,365

283,546

339,849

853,760

917,927

-7.0%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

170,954

330,457

480,905

982,316

980,657

0.2%

Utah State Parks

264,400

533,270

644,437

1,422,107

1,468,871

-1.8%

Utah Welcome Centers

35,262

51,971

85,041

172,274

186,376

-7.6%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

64.4%

60.0%

72.4%

65.6%

61.7%

3.9%

1st Quarter

Indicator

Jan

Feb

March

1st Qtr
2005

1st Qtr 2004

% Qtr
Change 04-05

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,598,785

1,683,494

2,045,873

5,328,152

4,373,858

21.8%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

93,228

115,881

356,970

566,079

566,017

00.0%

     Arches

9,894

16,167

62,843

88,904

81,868

8.6%

     Bryce Canyon

11,098

17,218

38,748

67,064

63,404

5.8%

     Canyonlands

4,066

5,774

30,933

40,773

38,169

6.8%

     Capitol Reef

4,604

6,462

28,917

39,983

43,169

-7.4%

     Zion

63,566

70,260

195,529

329,355

339,407

-3.0%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

42,476

50,560

120,452

213,488

234,387

-8.9%

Utah State Parks

93,272

92,916

150,876

337,064

428,402

-21.3%

Utah Welcome Centers

19,348

20,562

32,620

72,530

75,220

-3.6%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

57.6%

64.0%

71.6%

64.4%

60.0%

4.4%

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