Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund says, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, visitor numbers in Jamestown have seen a recent upturn.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Searle said earlier visitor numbers this summer, the car count at the Buffalo Monument,  Frontier Village and the National Buffalo Museum were down 35 percent in June, eight percent in July, but saw an increase of 1.1 percent in August this year.  He noted excellent sales at the Frontier Village Dakota Store location, and better than last year.

The  Car Count so far is around 30,000.  He said however the National Buffalo Museum number of guests has been down, stemming from changes in the visitors policy.

Searle pointed out that while Jamestown hotel numbers of guests have been off, the numbers recently have been trending upward to a more manageable number.

He said improvements have been continuing at Frontier Village with the buildings and the visitors experience.