In October alone, more than 200,000 visitors come to New River Gorge. So this was not the time to be shut down. Last year, Harpers Ferry also saw nearly 490,000 visitors. That was a 15% increase over the past two years. And 78,000 visited Harpers Ferry just in October. Now, last week we announced that West Virginians and others are going to benefit from some discounts that if you go and … (03:27–03:37)
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