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Shenandoah National Park hosted 412,000 visitors during October 1978, a decrease of only 0.24 per cent over the 413,000 persons who travelled through the park during October 1977. To date, the decrease in visitors for Calendar Year 1978 compared with Calendar Year 1977 is 32.9 per cent.
Part of the reported decrease may be attributed to new procedures for counting
89.1%