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Show Over A Thousand Tourists Register Each Day At Zion National Park Proving conclusively that Southern South-ern Utah's matchless scenery is rapidly developing into one of our most important natural resources, tourists gathered at Zion National Park at the average rate of more than a thousand a day during the month of June, according to word received from Supt. Paul R. Franke. With every state in the Union and seventeen foreign countries coun-tries represented, travel for June showed an increase of 27.8 over that of the same period last year. Although almost one-third more people visited Zion, Bryce Canyon National Park showed the highest percentage gain with an increase of 32 for the month over last year's figures. Visitors interviewed at entrances en-trances were lavish in their praise of the gorgeous scenery found in the region. Much favorable comment com-ment was made regarding the excellent ex-cellent roads leading into and through the parks. With wild life ever on the increase, new and interesting sights greet the seasonal sea-sonal guest. Visitors were particularly particu-larly vocal in their appreciation of the variety of scenery encountered in the space of a few miles. Contrary Con-trary to mistaken opinion, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks are entirely different, each a breath-taking wonder in its own right. Leading all states with a total of 11,909, California visitors doubled doub-led those of the next closest state, with the middle western states of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota Min-nesota prominently represented. Although early spring travel showed a decrease as high as 25, total seasonal travel is well in advance of last year due to the recent influx of visitors. All indications point toward continued increase throughout the rest of the season. |