Chamber Is Seeing More Summer Visitors In Copper Valley Than Last Year

 Highest Day So Far: 95 People Came To Glennallen's Visitor Center 

Tok Says It's Increasing, Too 

California travelers, in from Canada, parked their bikes at the Hub on June 13th. (Photo, Country Journal) 

Glennallen Expects At Least 2,100 Visitors In June 

The Greater Copper Valley Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center is seeing a significant increase in visitors coming into the building this year. Tok also is seeing more visitors at the Tok Center: around 100 a day. 

Said Dale Oja of the Chamber,"We're way above the last two years and a little less than 2019. We keep a daily tally."

Travelers in Glennallen eating outside in the Hub parking lot, June 13th. (Photo, Country Journal) 

MAY COMPARISONS:

The increases began in May. This May, there were 636 visitors entering the center, which is located at the Hub in Glennallen. Last May, 478 people came in.

MAY 15TH - JUNE 15TH COMPARISONS

Shirley Cain, who works at the Chamber gave the following comparisons for the mid-May to mid-June counts for the past four years:

JUNE COMPARISONS:

The Visitor Information Center is currently averaging 70 visitors a day this June. The highest day brought in 95 people a few days ago

Last year, 1,600 people came into the VIC in Glennallen in the month of June, Dale Oja said. That's an average of around 52 people a day. 

Peak season for visitors is July. 

The Country Journal took photographs at the Hub Junction on Monday, and activity there is much higher than a week ago. 

Historically, most roadside tourism coming in from Outside doesn't really get started along the road system until around June 15th.