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2009 Current Visitor Statistics
1st Quarter

Indicator

Jan

Feb

March

1st Qtr
2009

1st Qtr 2008

% Qtr
Change 09-08

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,561,077

1,479,385

1,739,469

4,779,931

5,427,894

-11.94%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

94,998

109,688

335,253

539,939

553,810

-2.50%

     Arches

11,684

15,488

66,897

94,069

88,938

5.77%

     Bryce Canyon

13,118

17,789

46,912

77,819

68,486

13.63%

     Canyonlands

3,792

5,886

31,146

40,824

40,109

1.78%

     Capitol Reef

6,200

7,561

23,052

36,813

50,300

-26.81%

     Zion

60,204

62,964

167,246

290,414

305,995

-5.09%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

50,225

47,291

94,994

    192,510

201,832

-4.62%

Utah State Parks

115,615

121,462

197,164

434,241

457,325

-5.05%

Utah Welcome Centers

18,292

16,416

24,476

59,184

46,148

28.25%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

53.4%

60.5%

62.2%

58.7%

67.00%

-12.39%

2009 Current Visitor Statistics
2nd Quarter

Indicator

Apr

May

June

2nd Qtr
2009

2nd Qtr 2008

% Qtr
Change 09-08

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

1,636,776

1,639,211

1,901,328

5,177,315

5,342,472

-3.09%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

543,799

738,776

878,458

2,161,033

1,962,912

10.09%

     Arches

91,113

139,332

140,160

370,605

341,341

8.75%

     Bryce Canyon

82,012

143,688

226,921

452,621

354,972

27.51%

     Canyonlands

44,339

66,797

63,943

175,079

166,385

5.23%

     Capitol Reef

54,627

92,630

81,430

228,687

216,617

5.57%

     Zion

271,708

296,329

366,004

934,041

882,877

5.80%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

165,638

339,431

509,292

   1,014,361

1,016,224

-0.18%

Utah State Parks

299,410

557,824

777,183

1,634,417

1,518,806

7.61%

Utah Welcome Centers

26,537

39,406

54,634

120,577

121,457

-0.72%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

56.3%

54.9%

61.7%

57.6%

65.3%

-11.74%

2009 Current Visitor Statistics
2nd Quarter

Indicator

Jul

Aug

Sept

3rd Qtr
2009

3rd Qtr 2008

% Qtr
Change 09-08

Salt Lake Int'l Airport

2,105,641

2,019,893

1,620,762

5,746,296

5,446,926

5.5%

Nat'l Park Rec Visits

831,555

824,058

779,493

2,435,106

2,337,164

4.19%

     Arches

133,853

133,880

131,913

399,646

375,148

6.53%

     Bryce Canyon

199,518

194,750

186,023

580,291

513,484

13.0%

     Canyonlands

44,514

50,513

59,475

154,502

165,254

-6.51%

     Capitol Reef

84,737

72,759

95,922

253,418

258,397

-1.93%

     Zion

368,933

372,156

306,160

1,047,249

1,024,881

2.18%

Nat'l Monument & Rec Areas

571,328

604,694

385,354

 1,561,376

1,393,070

12.0%

Utah State Parks

983,645

731,322

491,805

2,206,772

2,114,743

4.3%

Utah Welcome Centers

69,297

57,612

50,861

177,770

179,031

-.70%

Utah Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate

64.9%

63.6%

60.2%

62.9%

70.6%

-10.91%

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