Yellowstone National Park records highest number of monthly visitors ever for August which saw 920,000 come amid COVID Delta surge which has seen spike in domestic breaks
Yellowstone National Park recorded its highest August visitor numbers ever this year as 921,844 came to see it, just a month after setting the record for most monthly visitors ever in July with over a million.
The Wyoming park, home of the Old Faithful geyser, saw August guest numbers jump 4.5 percent since last year and 12 per cent from 2019.
This year's number eclipsed the previous August record, in 2017, when 916,168 came to watch a solar eclipse.
However, the park did surpass its highest monthly visitor month in July this year with 1.08million people coming to enjoy the beauty of the park, the highest monthly visitor number in the park's history.
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming saw the largest number of August visitors with more than 920,000 people coming to explore
The park had seen that many visitors since 2017, where more than 915,000 visited in August. The park also saw the highest number of monthly visitors ever in July when over a million people came to the park
National parks have been tourists' favorite as travel restrictions ease and outdoor activities proving the safest.
'National parks have proven to be go-to destinations during the pandemic,' a Yellowstone spokesperson Linda Veress told The New York Times.
Yellowstone has seen extremely low reported COVID-19 cases at their facilities, with only three employees testing positive in August, all of whom have fully recovered.
The park does not track visitor cases.
The park is also mandating all visitors, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors and warn them to bring their own supplies in case the park's are low.
In addition, some facilities and events are closed to visitors for the time being. And all visitors must follow state guidelines, which includes all three states the park residents. State guidelines are linked on their website.
Other national parks are also seeing an increase in visitors.
Many of the parks' camping sites are filled with tourists and campers alike, vying for a space to enjoy the natural beauty.
Yosemite, Glacier, Haleakala, and Rocky Mountain National Parks are using advanced reservations to access popular attractions, according to CNBC.
Yellowstone is known for the Old Faithful geyser, as well as thermal basins (pictured), a volcano, and hiking trails
Many parks are experiencing long wait times and crowded attractions
Yellowstone covers three different states, with most of it situated in Wyoming. It stretches into Idaho and Montana.
The park is a 3,472-square-mile park that houses geysers, thermal basins, a volcano, and many hiking trails.
A woman was recently jailed for seven days for disorderly conduct after crossing a thermal spring in the park with two others.
The woman had left the boardwalk during his visit in July and became to walk across the extremely dangerous, thin ground.
'The ground is fragile and thin, and scalding water just below the surface can cause severe or fatal burns,” said a Yellowstone National Park spokesperson said.
The boardwalk is well marked to help tourists safely navigate the dangerous terrain near the thermal areas to prevent people visitors from getting burned.
More than 20 people have died from thermal spring burns.
The woman was ordered to pay $1,000 in fines, $1,000 in community service payment, and $40 in fees, according to The New York Times.
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