Show UTAH PARK TRAVEL L SHOWS BIG INCREASE zion national park utah all june travel records fortion for zion national park were completely shattered during the past month when people entered the park an increase inci ease of 2132 or 31 per cent over the same month last year it was announced here today by E T park superintendent in discussing the total park travel the superintendent states contrary to to the impression hold held by some soine people this increase does not represent local people who iv ho are thought to be counted every time they enter tile the park no such duplication of count is allowed under the rep i emulations ions although utah always contributes at least half of our park travel our records still show ti at out of state travel has ha increased 44 per cent tile the last conr also a very care careful ul cheh check has shown that kniely 2 per cent of the counted travelers over the zion mt carmel highway are people going through on business trips the remainder being vacation ests bent only on see leecing cing tile the canyons of southern utah it was announced that the total travel to canyon park during the month was people which figure was only slightly behind th the zion park figure the past month was tile the tint time that accurate counts or of visitors to this park have teen made and no reliable records are available to use ue for comparative purposes travel records in both parks show every state in the union I 1 represented district of Colum columbia bla j Terri territory tery of hawaii and ten foroi foreign countries |