BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 23, 2024
As the numbers of tourists who come to Bar Harbor each year remain at all-time highs, many Mainers who want to visit the town and Acadia National Park are deciding to stay away. After 25 years in which annual visits hovered between 2 million and 2.8 million, the number of tourists who visit Acadia and Bar Harbor began to grow a few years before the pandemic. In 2021, the estimated visits to Acadia shot up above 4 million, and the decline since then has been minor.