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2006 Current Visitor Statistics
revised 2/14/07

4th Quarter

Indicator	Oct	Nov	Dec	4th Qtr 2006	4th Qtr 2005	% Qtr Change 05-06	YTD 2006	YTD 2005	% Change 05-06
Salt Lake Int'l Airport	1,755,136	1,643,644	1,795,153	5,193,933	5,188,956	0.1%	21,557,646	22,237,936	-3.1%
Nat'l Park Rec Visits	482,454	218,597	107,587	808,638	797,113	1.4%	5,165,498	5,329,931	-3.1%
Arches	72,614	28,087	13,551	114,252	100,644	13.5%	833,046	781,667	6.6%
Bryce Canyon	82,216	32,257	17,381	131,854	133,191	-1.0%	890,673	1,017,680	-12.5%
Canyonlands	39,062	14,303	4,835	58,200	63,214	-7.93	413,587	393,672	5.1%
Capitol Reef	52,610	15,611	5,495	73,716	63,214	16.6%	513,702	550,253	-6.6%
Zion	235,952	128,339	66,325	430,616	416,509	3.4%	2,514,490	2,,586,659	-2.8%
Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas	185,659	109,361	60,160	355,180	421,595	-15.8%	2,972,076	3,176,925	-6.4%
Utah State Parks	249,173	128,630	116,409	494,212	513,769	-3.8%	4,465,078	4,390,221	1.7%
Utah Welcome Centers	35,708	27,331	23,681	86,720	95,407	-9.1%	581,154	598,863	-3.0%
Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate	68.5%	57.4%	55.3%	60.4%	57.1%	3.3%	68.3%	65.0	3.3%

3rd Quarter

Indicator	July	Aug	Sept	3rd Qtr 2006	3rd Qtr 2005	% Qtr Change 05-06
Salt Lake Int'l Airport	2,053,450	2,020,820	1,711,028	5,785,298	6,078,157	-4.8%
Nat'l Park Rec Visits	650,588	707,605	672,238	2,030,431	2,143,004	-5.3%
Arches	101,297	107,176	112,335	320,808	298,176	7.6%
Bryce Canyon	138,960	135,491	119,800	394,251	492,026	-19.9%
Canyonlands	54,498	62,765	60,371	177,364	146,725	20.9%
Capitol Reef	65,368	64,961	81,145	211,474	219,042	-3.5%
Zion	290,465	337,212	298,587	926,264	987,035	-6.2%
Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas	557,131	498,695	342,844	1,398,670	1,559,526	-10.3%
Utah State Parks	914,907	691,506	413,133	2,019,546	1,983,475	1.8%
Utah Welcome Centers	92,925	88,178	65,652	246,755	258,652	-4.6%
Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate	73.2%	79.6%	72.4%	75.1%	73.1%	2.0%

2nd Quarter

Indicator	Apr	May	June	2nd Qtr 2006	2nd Qtr 2005	% Qtr Change 05-06
Salt Lake Int'l Airport	1,707,440	1,722,495	1,936,478	5,366,413	5,642,671	-4.9%
Nat'l Park Rec Visits	520,916	629,263	662,486	1,812,665	1,823,735	-0.6%
Arches	84,244	110,563	102,061	296,868	293,943	1.0%
Bryce Canyon	74,519	104,012	125,785	304,316	325,399	-6.5%
Canyonlands	41,683	56,059	43,371	141,083	142,960	-1.3%
Capitol Reef	55,649	76,723	66,145	198,517	207,673	-4.4%
Zion	264,821	281,936	325,124	871,881	853,760	2.1%
Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas	178,547	336,524	468,051	983,122	982,316	0.1%
Utah State Parks	338,311	503,040	706,100	1,547,451	1,447,221	6.9%
Utah Welcome Centers	39,915	52,038	81,081	173,034	172,274	0.4%
Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate	66.1%	62.5%	75.9%	68.2%	65.6%	2.6%

1st Quarter

Indicator	Jan	Feb	March	1st Qtr 2006	1st Qtr 2005	% Qtr Change 05-06
Salt Lake Int'l Airport	1,689,662	1,589,941	1,932,399	5,212,002	5,328,152	-2.2%
Nat'l Park Rec Visits	108,775	118,491	286,498	513,764	566,079	-9.2%
Arches	12,840	20,728	67,550	101,118	88,904	13.7%
Bryce Canyon	13,771	15,329	31,152	60,252	67,064	-10.2%
Canyonlands	4,600	5,872	26,198	36,670	40,773	-10.1%
Capitol Reef	5,075	6,834	18,086	29,995	39,983	-25.0%
Zion	72,489	69,728	143,512	285,729	329,355	-13.2%
Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas	59,373	56,571	119,160	235,104	213,488	10.1%
Utah State Parks	104,380	118,773	182,978	406,131	337,064	20.5%
Utah Welcome Centers	20,086	21,665	32,894	74,645	72,530	2.9%
Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate	61.1%	69.1%	77.9%	69.4%	64.4%	5.0%

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