By Phil Benson | CBS5/AP
The Grand Canyon lost $19 million in tourism revenue thanks to this fall’s 16-day partial federal government shutdown.
The National Park Service released numbers Tuesday that show Arizona’s No. 1 attraction lost nearly 187,000 visitors between Oct. 1 and Oct. 16.
All national parks combined lost about 12 million visitors, which totaled $568 million in lost revenue.
Earlier this month, a White House budge office report revealed closing national parks cost communities $500 million in lost spending by visitors, while the Internal Revenue Service delayed $4 billion in tax refunds and will have to put off next year’s filing season by up to two weeks.
