Shutdown cost communities near Acadia $16M
A federal report found communities near Acadia National Park lost an estimated $16.2 million during the government shutdown last October, the third-largest estimated loss for national parks in the country.
The Portland Press Herald reported the National Park Service said park attendance at Acadia dropped 67% last October, compared with visitor numbers for that month over the past three years. The economic impact loss was estimated for communities within 60 miles of the park and added to a $262,133 revenue loss for the park itself.
The report found that only Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, at $25.6 million, and Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, at $17 million, had larger estimated losses from the partisan budget impasse that caused the government shutdown.
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