Over 2 million visited Glacier National Park in 2009

Glacier National Park http://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm closed out last year with more than 2 million visitors, making it one of the busiest of the last decade.

Last year’s increase in park visitors parallels efforts by the state of Montana and local tourism groups to lure geotourists to the state. Geotourism, a fairly new buzz word in the industry, is tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place and its environment, heritage, aesthetics and culture.

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