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| Above, The Watchman at Zion National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Back when my family first started visiting national parks during the late 1960s, Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks in Utah seemed safely remote from big urban centers such as Los Angeles.
Not anymore. People have been visiting Zion National Park in record numbers.
According to The Spectrum:
With a month to spare, Zion National Park has set a new record for visitation this year, heightening concerns about overcrowding just as park managers consider a controversial fee hike and requiring visitors to go through an online reservation system.
The park had counted 4,365,946 visitors through the end of November, representing nearly a 5 percent increase over last year's record numbers. Since 2010, the park has seen visitation increase nearly 70 percent.Other Utah national parks are seeing record numbers in attendance.
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