Those are visits, not visitors. Everyone gets it incorrectly, even the park occasionally. The park estimates that one visitor averages three visits. So the 239,000 is more like 22 percent. Also, Keep in mind that not every park visitor comes to a tight Bar Harbor downtown. but every ship visitor does. Many, for instance, go to Schoodic and never come on the island ... so the ships probably deliver more than 30 percent of the downtown Bar Harbor visitors.
Let's pray that Judge Walker finds in favor of the Town of Bar Harbor. The cruise ship companies don't care about the Island, the park or the environment. One look at the ship in the picture above tells you how out of place these giant floating cities are in Bar Harbor and anywhere around the island.
Estimated ‘23 cruise ship visitor count is 239,000.
‘22 Acadia National Park visitation was 3.97 M.
If the town of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island are at risk of over-enjoyment, simple math suggests that .06% of total is not the genuine reason.
and your math is 6 percent ....
Those are visits, not visitors. Everyone gets it incorrectly, even the park occasionally. The park estimates that one visitor averages three visits. So the 239,000 is more like 22 percent. Also, Keep in mind that not every park visitor comes to a tight Bar Harbor downtown. but every ship visitor does. Many, for instance, go to Schoodic and never come on the island ... so the ships probably deliver more than 30 percent of the downtown Bar Harbor visitors.
Thank you Lincoln
Let's pray that Judge Walker finds in favor of the Town of Bar Harbor. The cruise ship companies don't care about the Island, the park or the environment. One look at the ship in the picture above tells you how out of place these giant floating cities are in Bar Harbor and anywhere around the island.