Show 1938 Park Parl Travel Year Shows Increase of Eight Percent Following the Ule trend since 1934 visitor travel to Zion and Bryco Canyon National Parks for th the fifth consecutive year gained substantially substantially sub sub- sub sub-I In the travel year ear which I ended on September The gains over the previous year liar ar were ap ap- ap 8 percent for each park season Pre-season travel October 1 toMay to toMay toMay May slowly declined but seasonal season season- al travel consistently gained pained up UI to the close of the year the peak being reached in July State Stat rEpresentation re representation representation rE re- presentation by visitors gained In slightly more than half of the states and los loss in the others but the gains and losses were scattered ra rather ther than regional A total of f visitors was registered Into Zion National Park an Increase of or 8 percent percent percent per per- cent over the 1937 total of An aggregate of visitors has represented eastern state with came a national park in 1919 the one million mark maik should be reached reach reach- ed by next June California was numerically the test represented state with was second with and Illinois retained its Us position as best represented eastern state with two Thirty c countries outside United States and Alaska sent 1464 visitors The total of visitors to o Bryce canyon national park was again a again again gain of or 8 percent over 1937 records and was the first time the number of visitors has reached the mark I By states California led with i and the home state of Utah was second with Of the states east of the Illinois reamed Its leadership with representatives A total of 98 visitors visitors vis vis- came from 25 foreign coun coun- tries Although complete records are not kept at Cedar Breaks National Monument It Is estimated that people visited there during the year ear which Is severs several thousand more than aggregate te number of visitors to the other National Monuments Monuments Mon Mon- I of this section Including Caves Lehman Caves I and Capitol Reef National ments |