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Visits up slightly for Smokies in May

Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Visits to Great Smoky Mountains National Park were up a half percent, or about 4,000 people, in May compared with the same month last year, according to the Park.

Visits are still down 1.8%, or 50,000 visitors, for the year-to-date.

* Visits in May were up at the Gatlinburg entrance 4.9%

* The Townsend entrance reported a 12.1% increase - likely due to the re-opening of Cades Cove.

* The Cherokee entrance down more than 10%.

* The 13 outlying entrances were down 3.2%.

* Visits to campgrounds were off 15.9% in May, and are down 20.9% for the year-to-date.





Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.

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