Yellowstone hosts record number of visitors

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park hosted a record number of visitors this summer and remains on track for its busiest year ever.

Park officials said that nearly 2.3 million people visited Yellowstone in June, July and August. That’s up about 5 percent from the previous summer high set in 1999. August visitors were up 3 percent over last year to nearly 753,000 visitors.

For the year, more than 2.6 million people have visited the park, making 2009’s first eight months the busiest January through August in history.

Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America’s first national park. It is situated in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

For information on visiting the park, go online to www.nps.gov/yell.

The Associated Press

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