SYDNEY, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- National parks in the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) saw record visitor numbers last year, with a whopping 16 percent increase on figures from 2016.
Looking to escape the bustling cities, there were over 60 million visits made to the state's 870 National parks according to the bi-annual Roy Morgan survey released on Tuesday.
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