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Show Glen Canyon Areas All Note Visitor Increases In Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, both Bullfrog and Hite areas experienced substantial increases in visitors visit-ors in August over last year, however Halls Crossing was down for the month. Bullfrog Basin had 8,896 visitors, a 70 per cent increase over last August; and Hite had 4,487 visitors, a rise of 23 per cent. Halls Crossing had 3,326 visitors during the month, a 14 per cent drop under last August. The year to date figure, however, shows Halls Cross ing increasing in popularity, with a 22 per cent increase in visitors. Bullfrog is up 15 per cent in year to date comparison comparis-on and Hite is up 23 per cent. The total Glen Canyon National Nation-al Recreation Area had 177,057 visitors in August, 147,034 at Wahweap, the most popular area on the lake. This is an 8 per cent total increase over last August. |