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Show Utah's Parks Reflect Significant Tourist Travel Gains Zion National Park had a record-breaking visitor month in July when 84,626 visitors registered regis-tered at the entrance stations, with almost nine per cent above July 1952 when 75,614 visitors were registered. Superintendent Paul R. Franke announced that the large tourist travel which was first apparent in the early spring months has continued and comparative figures for the first seven months are, 1952 with 203,983, and 1953 with a total of 225,451 visitors, a total increase for this year of 21,5fi9 people. The tourists coming to Zion used 61,-705 61,-705 vehicles in 1952 but used 10,441 more automobiles in 1953 to bring this year a total of 72,-149 72,-149 automobiles. Bryce Canyon Naional Park also is making new attendance records. While not as marked an increase the general trend in comparison to its past years is very definite. July travel for this year at Bryce Canyon was 57,257 people in 16,825 automobiles. In 1952 a total of 54,163 people in 14,857 cars visited the area. For the first seven months of this year Bryce Canyon registration was 136,099 people and 41,916 automobiles. au-tomobiles. Compared with 1952 when 126,570 people in 35,831 automobile au-tomobile visited the park the increase in-crease in people amounts to approximately ap-proximately seven per cent. Recent storms In southern Utah have temporarily slowed the tourist travel. However, the rains have broken the summer's heat and from now on Zion and Bryce canyon should be at their best. Roads are again In excellent condition. |