BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 8, 2025
The Schoodic section of Acadia National Park so far this year is busier with tourists than it ever has been, and area business owners say the increased traffic has been paying off. As of last weekend, the area tallied roughly 40,000 more visits so far in 2025 than at the end of August in recent years, which saw park visitations nationwide surge in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 268,000 estimated total visits at Schoodic from January through August is more than any entire year prior to 2016 — and Maine’s tourist season is expected to last another several weeks.