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Commercial airliners taxi to the main terminal building at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Belgrade on Jan. 7.
TOURISM GROWING TO RECORD LEVELS IN MONTANA BY LEW IS K E NDA LL
ON A COLD, RAINY DAY in October, a husband and wife descend from the viewing platform above the Yellowstone River Canyon inside Yellowstone National Park. “I hope the rain stops soon. We’ve been here three days and we haven’t been able to see anything,” the man says. “But at least there are no people.” In fact, the couple were two of
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Between August of last year and August 31, 2015, more than 500,000 passengers took a flight from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. It was the first time that any Montana airport had surpassed half a million boardings in a 12-month span. more than 250,000 people to enter the park in October, bringing the year’s total number of recreational visits to a record-breaking 4 million. The previous mark
was 3.6 million, set in 2010. The throngs of people flocking to the park appear to be part of a larger trend of increased tourism in the area.
Between August of last year and August 31, 2015, more than 500,000 passengers took a flight from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport. It was the first time that any Montana airport had surpassed half a million boardings in a 12-month span. On the year, statewide boarding numbers are up almost 2 percent. TOURISM CONTINUED ON PAGE 3