BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 8, 2021
On the heels of its busiest winter ever and an unusually busy Memorial Day weekend, Acadia National Park could be on pace to set a record in 2021 as tourists resume traveling. From January through April this year, visitation to Acadia was 74 percent higher than it was for the same four months in 2019, before the pandemic curtailed tourists’ travel plans. The Island Explorer bus system is returning to service this year, which may help mitigate traffic congestion. Because of the ongoing pandemic it will operate at a reduced passenger capacity and will not serve some parts of Mount Desert Island.