Grand Canyon tourism still hasn't returned to pre-pandemic numbers
Tourists at the Grand Canyon's South Rim. The National Park Service reports visitors to the Grand Canyon brought about $1 billion to Arizona's econ...
Tourists at the Grand Canyon's South Rim. The National Park Service reports visitors to the Grand Canyon brought about $1 billion to Arizona's economy last year. But visitation is still not back up to pre-pandemic levels. Last year, 4.7 million visitors came to Grand Canyon National Park. That's an improvement from the previous year, but still nearly 30% below 2018 numbers. 'Grand Canyon National Park, pre-pandemic heavily relied on international visitors, so we haven't quite seen the return of international visitation like we did pre-pandemic,' said Joelle Baird, park spokesperson.