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| Above, West Yellowstone, Montana is a "gateway town" to Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The state of Montana is seeing the economic benefits of having two national parks within its vicinity.
According to the Missoulian:
Montana, a state with a population of just over 1 million, played host to a record 12.4 million nonresident visitors last year, who spent $3.04 billion while they were here.
According to figures released Tuesday by the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana, that visitor spending supported nearly $2.5 billion in economic activity and nearly 34,700 statewide jobs.
Most of Montana’s visitors, 46 percent, come July through September, and two-thirds of all tourist dollars were spent either in the areas in and around Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
Glacier National Park is located in Montana, while Yellowstone National Park is mainly in Wyoming with small areas in Montana and Idaho.
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