Park visitors spent $20B

A federal report shows visitors to Yellowstone National Park spent nearly $513 million in neighboring communities last year. The report last week from the National Park Service indicates the spending by the park’s 4.1 million visitors supported nearly 7,100 jobs in the area in 2018. The park service recorded more than 318 million visitors nationwide. The report shows they spent more than $20 billion in communities within 60 miles of parks to support 329,000 jobs.