BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 25, 2022
Acadia National Park just had its busiest September ever, outpacing September 2021 by 30,000 visits. The return of large cruise ships to Bar Harbor this summer is thought to be the reason for the increase. Bar Harbor had no large cruise ship visits between November 2019 and April of this year due to the pandemic, though it did have some small cruise ship visits last year. September visits were up 4.5 percent, from 667,000 in 2021 to 697,000 this year.