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Show Visitation Up Again in August Visitation reports released this week from Arches, Can-yonlands Can-yonlands and Natural Bridges for the month of August again show substantial increases over last year. Visitors were up 57 per cent at Canyonlands. 54 per cent at Arches and 33 per cent at Natural Bridges for the month. Proportionately, August visitation visita-tion was up more than previous months of the year, with year-to-date figures showing an increase of 24 per cent in Canyonlands, 44 per cent in Arches and 17 per cent in Natural Bridges. Camping also showed increased in-creased popularity during August, Au-gust, with an increase of 108 per cent in Canyonlands, 5,522 this year compared with 2,652 last. The most substantial increase in camping was at Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands, up 145 per cent over last year. The average increase in camping at the parks and monument was better than 20 per cent for the year to date. |