Official website of the Bridge of Flowers
Visitors
At the end of July 2009, 17,303 visitors signed our guestbook on the Bridge, which is an increase of 76 percent over last year at that time! July itself had 9,437 visitors - an increase of 116 percent over last July - and that's just those that signed in! Thanks for visiting...
Marguerite and Len Hardisty of Barrington, RI enjoy a relaxing moment on the Bridge during a recent visit to the area. "It's lovely," they say.
Did you know?
Merrill (l), Jeffrey and Cassandra of Williamstown, MA say this is one their favorite places.
In 2009, 34,346 visitors from around the globe walked over the Bridge of Flowers and signed the guestbooks - a 62.8% increase over last year!
All 50 states were represented last season while the number of foreign countries/islands was 91.
The three busiest months of the year were July, August and October.
October had the highest total per month (or tied) for 7 states and 30 countries.
The 12 states/countries that had the highest number of visitors (over 500) were, in order: Massachusetts (14,706), Connecticut (2,992), New York (2,356), Florida (1,118), New Hampshire (1,013), California (925), Vermont (819), United Kingdom (804), Rhode Island (783), Pennsylvania (596), New Jersey (575) and Germany (513).
TOTAL VISITORS FOR 2009
Apr.May Jun. Jul. Aug.Sep. Oct. Total
MONTH 8522469 4545 9437 79054536 4602 34346
Last Year 7461259 3375 4410 5059 2008 4234 21091
Percentage INCREASE over last year as shown month to month
14.2 96.1 34.7 114.056.3 125.9 08.7
The cumulative percentage increase over last year is 62.8%
Governor Deval Patrick signing in, April 2008.
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