Annual Visitation 1967-Present

Year Number of Vehicles Number of Visitors Percent Change from Previous Year
1967 479,525 1,805,863 -4.8
1968 447,929 1,682,740 -6.8
1969 476,113 1,795,238 +6.3
1970 515,015 1,925,131 +7.0
1971 483,021 1,742,611 -9.0
1972 452,936 1,682,379 -3.5
1973 411,462 1,528,186 -9.0
1974 404,193 1,495,514 -2.0
1975 411,163 1,512,302 +2.0
1976 533,063 1,972,334 +30.0
1977 658,738 2,437,332 +24.0
1978 578,413 2,094,372 -14.0
1979 536,726 1,981,454 -5.0
1980 540,811 2,001,002 +1.0
1981 701,732 1,964,864 -2.0
1982 531,404 1,536,014 -22.0
1983 548,902 1,581,987 +3.0
1984 572,356 1,669,193 +6.0
1985 561,574 1,638,837 -2.0
1986 633,309 1,830,751 +12.0
1987 635,473 1,825,629 -0.2
1988 617,329 1,799,978 -0.2
1989 700,069 2,023,900 +12.5
1990 669,739 1,936,215 -4.3
1991 773,293 2,235,591 +5.5
1992 815,737 2,358,236 +5.5
1993 752,515 2,192,062 -7.0
1994 763,086 2,206,083 +0.6
1995 751,664 2,173,062 -1.5
1996 646,325 1,868,525 -14.0
1997 629,706 1,820,481 -0.03
1998 657,662 1,901,301 +4.4
1999 610,201 1,764,091 -7.2
2000 681,566 1,970,406 +11.7
2001 671,084 1,940,104 -0.02
2002 650,842 1,899,512 -2.04
2003 649,172 1,857,562 -2.22
2004 600,789 1,812,978 -0.91
2005 618,864 1,757,910 -2.13
2006 562,471 1,619,117 -7.9
2007 550,168 1,567,866 -3.17
2008 625,631 1,736,037 +10.73
2009 609,000 1,701,153 -2.01
2010 614,115 1,731,913 +1.81
2011 544,305 1,495,608 -13.64
2012 555,874 1,545,262 +3.32
2013 604,645 1,721,912 +11.43
2014 652,455 1,875,651 +8.93
2015 690,863 1,858,763 -0.9
2016 712,909 1,919,032 +3.24
2017 889,046 2,046,903 +6.66
2018 958,506 2,255,662 +10.19
2019 948,638 2,248,518 -0.32
2020 633,981 1,618,558 -28.02
2021 1,000,545 2,477,816 +53.09
2022 962,128 2,371,585 -4.29
2023 1,002,455 2,523,376 +6.4

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Last updated: January 8, 2024

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