Editorial: NP visitation numbers so inaccurate, they may not be worth emphasizing

Another year of estimated visitation numbers has been released by the National Park Service. As unreliable, unhelpful, and unsustainable as the numbers are, the head counts should be tossed aside.

First of all, the numbers are estimates. Weak ones at that. Park staff acknowledges that.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/03/musings-parks-about-those-visitation-numbers