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Park Slump
Continues
Virginia’s tourism slump is continuing if the number of visitors to Shenandoah National Park is indicative of statewide trends.
According to superintendent Robert Jacobsen, park visitors in March, 1980, totalled 54,300, a decrease of 29.4 per cent over visits in the same month in 1979.
Calendar Year 1980 compared with Calendar Year 1979 shows a decrease of 22.5 per cent in park travelers.
Overnight stays at the park in March, 1980, numbered 7,628 while in March, 1979, overnight stays totaled 10,187.. f
Readings taken at the Big Meadows weather station show a maximum temperature of 59 degrees for March and a minimum of minus three degrees. Precipitation for the month totaled 4.49 inches and snowfall measured 16 inches.
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