Yellowstone National Park is continuing to set record visitor numbers this year.

The park announced in a news release that January through October visitation in 2009 exceeded the park's previous record set in 2007. The park recorded 3,267,683 visitors from January through October this year, which is well above the 3,037,557 recorded for the same ten month period in 2008 and more than the 3,151,343 visitors recorded for all 12 months of 2007.

"Park officials believe the record visitation can be attributed at least in part to the great value visits to national parks represent, and to lower fuel prices this summer as compared to summer 2008," the park said in the news release.

All park entrances have recorded an increase in visitors for the year-to-date when compared to 2008.

The park's West Entrance remains the busiest with 1,329,231 visitors for the year. 

While the interior roads in the park have closed for the season, the road from Gardiner, Montana through Mammoth Hot Springs on to Cooke City is open to wheeled vehicle travel all year.  Most of the interior roads are scheduled to open for snowmobile and snowcoach travel on Dec. 15.