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Show Tourists Find Glen Canyon And Rainbow Bridge Attractive Supt. Muehlenhaupt reports that visitation tl up 10 percent for Glen Canyon National Re creation Area and 68 percent for Rainbow Bridge National Monument during 1968. Glen Canyon's visitation ha leaped from 9,282 in 1962 to 359,659 in 1968. This is an in crease of 350,377 in a four year period Rainbow Bridge visitation has definitely taken an upward swing also From 1109 through 1962 there were an estimated 23.890 visitors to this natural arch, but in 1966 alone. there were 20,468 visitors, a mere 3.422 less than over I N . ar period Lake Powell, romanticpiK called The Jewel of the Colo rado" is one of the main at tractions of Glen Canyon N'.t tional Recroation Area It is also the gateway to Rainbow Bridge National Monument for the majority of visitors. Rier shaped like Powell h is many enchanting qualities 1 1 1 at lure the vacationing pub lie; the many side canvonsand COVOa, year round fishing and boating, and warm, pleasant eathcr Supt Muehlenhaupt feels hat the v isitation to Glen Can son will continue to increase in the years to come |