{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:24"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "NPS IRMA Help", "hasEmail": "mailto:NRSS_DataStore@nps.gov"}, "description": "The NPS Social Science Program is responsible for coordinating visitor use\nstatistics reporting for units administered by the NPS. \u2018Visitor Use Statistics\u2019\nrefers to a formal set of statistics collected by the National Park Service that\naddress how many people visit parks and how long they stay. Program staff work\nwith parks to develop appropriate data collection procedures and provide quality\ncontrol for visitor use data. Such coordination ensures that visitor use data\nare consistent and reliable throughout all units of the National Park System.\nThis data package contains data collected from 1979-2025.\n\nDetailed instructions for the units that collect data, monthly visitation\nsummaries, and reports displaying trends in park visitation are available on the\nNPS Visitor Use Statistics website (https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/).", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "EML Metadata", "downloadURL": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/756961?Reference=2317666", "format": "xml", "mediaType": "application/xml", "title": "NPS_VUStats_Data_2025_metadata.xml"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Main State Visitor Use Statistics Dataset, 2016-2025", "downloadURL": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/756960?Reference=2317666", "format": "csv", "mediaType": "text/csv", "title": "Main_State_Data.csv"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Main Visitor Use Statistics Dataset, 1979-2025", "downloadURL": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/756959?Reference=2317666", "format": "csv", "mediaType": "text/csv", "title": "Main_Data.csv"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2317666", "issued": "2026-03-26T00:00:00Z", "keyword": ["Public Use Statistics", "Social Science", "Statistics", "Visitation", "Visitation Statistics", "Visitor Use", "Visitor Use Statistics"], "landingPage": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2317666", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en", "modified": "2026-03-26T00:00:00Z", "programCode": ["010:118", "010:119"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Park Service"}, "spatial": "-170.7279,-14.2837,144.7351,68.65", "temporal": "1979-01-01/2025-12-31", "theme": ["Data Package"], "title": "NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025"}