A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that over four million visitors to Yosemite National Park spent over $ 379 million in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 5,057 jobs in the local area. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/localbenefits13.htm
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