Grand Canyon: Visits and traffic data 2015 – 2022

The Grand Canyon National Park has seen a rebound in visitors after the visitor count has dropped dramatically due Covid from 2019 through 2021. Most importantly, international visitors have again begun to travel to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas area, resulting in an increasing visitor count to the Grand Canyon.

The number of visitors has dropped dramatically from 6.380.495 in 2018 to just 2.897.098 in 2020, a reduction of almost 55%, resulting in hard financial times for local businesses at the Grand Canyon.

Since 2021, the number of visitors at the Grand Canyon is starting to pick up pace again.

At the time of writing this article (May 9th, 2023), 637.600 people have already visited the Grand Canyon in 2023. (Source: NPS data). The data for the month of April doesn’t seem finalized yet, so this number may change once the data is finalized.

Grand Canyon traffic by entrance

South Rim Entrance traffic over time

The following diagram is showing the months January through March for the years since 2015. It shows that the number of vehicles at the South Rim Entrance is still far below average.

Desert View Entrance traffic over time

The same holds true for the traffic at the Desert View Entrance. Compared to the years before, the traffic at the Desert View Entrance is still below average.

Data Source: irma.nps.gov