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Smokies visitor numbers in Townsend tracking closer to 2024 than 2025 as overall park visits rise

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Cars fill the parking lot at Sugarlands Visitor Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during the Labor Day weekend. (Photo by Robert Berlin)

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