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Show Travel to Zion tops million mark in October Superintendent Robert C. Hey-der Hey-der announced that travel to Zion National Park for the month of October totaled 64,124 visits or an increase of 17 percent per-cent as compared with October 1972. Travel for the year to date shows 1,038,765 visits, or an increase in-crease of 11 percent as compared com-pared to the same period in 1972. This is the first time that travel to Zion National Park has passed the million visitors mark in a year. Campgroung use during October Oct-ober increased 60 percent as compared with October 1972, with 9,195 campers. Campground Camp-ground use for the year now totals 180,055 campers or an increase of 12 percent. |