Yellowstone National Park has released the visitation numbers for 2019, and say that the numbers show the lowest visitation to America’s first National Park, since 2014.
The park recorded over 4 million visits in 2019, showing a 2.3 percent decrease from 2018, and a 5.6 percent decrease from the record-breaking year in 2016.
Recreation Visits by Year, provided by Yellowstone National Park:
2019 – 4,020,287
2018 – 4,114,999
2017 – 4,116,525
2016 – 4,257,177
2015 – 4,097,710
2014 – 3,513,486
More data on park visitation, including how we calculate these numbers, is available on the NPS Stats website.