Show INCREASE OF TH iel TO NAIL ZION NATIONAL PARK the an all nual travel year figures tor for southern southe ria two well known parks clearly show that despite the drop in vacation travel at many other sections jp of the t h a country these parks continue to increase in popularity and show a large increase in travel over all previous years it lg Is interesting to note that travel from tho the state stat a of california exceeds all other foreign states in attendance and for a time threat ended to exceed even tho the attendance from the home state of utah at the end of the season however utah showed an attendance 0 of f persons as against call fornias aa attendance of fortion for Zion and from utah as against from california at bryce at zion national park which wa was t the ile first park created in utah and which chich has ever since shown cont luu ed ad gain in the number of visitors 51 1186 persons entered the park during 1931 1031 season as against for the same period in 1930 or an ini crease of slightly over 7 per cent it Is significant that the rain gain in travel to this park Is made up of persons making their first visit here as the figures show that the increase of first entry cars or new business Is as high as 29 percent over any previous time while there Is a decrease of 47 per cent in cars making their second visit the famous zion mt carmel tunnel during the past season completed its first full year of service and has rapidly become one of the major points of interest in the national park system not only for the wonder of the tunnel itself but for the marvelous scenery which has been opened to view on the east side of zion the exceptionally tine fine gain in new visitors Is a very favorable prophecy for the advances of the tourist industry in the state of utah at ai bryce canyon national park an even larger increase in total travel h 1 shown that park showing visitors against for 1930 or per cent gain here likewise was an increase of now new visitors amounting to 15 per cent the tact fact that individuals arriving at the parks by the railroad or stages showed a large decrease over this method of at transportation in previous years has haa not at all affected the totals in the attendance at southern utah parks as the private uto automobile mobIle transportation has more than offset that loss |