Tourists enjoy walking along a trail near Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, CO on September 25, 2014. The National Park Sevice is proposing an increase in entrance fees at 131 park units including Rocky Mountain National Park. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post via AP)

DENVER | Officials say Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park attracted more than 4.1 million visitors in 2015, setting a record.

Tourists enjoy walking along a trail near Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, CO on September 25, 2014. The National Park Sevice is proposing an increase in entrance fees at 131 park units including Rocky Mountain National Park. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post via AP)

The Denver Post reports (https://dpo.st/1XMrWDL ) that the National Park Service says visitors spent a combined $450 million in communities around Colorado’s park service land. Communities near Rocky Mountain National Park received $268 million of that total.

The Park Service’s 2015 Economics of Visitor Spending Report says the money helped support 6,937 jobs in Colorado and had a $666.9 million impact on the state economy.

NPS Intermountain Region Director Sue Masica says the 12 national park site in Colorado draw more than 7 million visitors each year.

Rocky Mountain National Park is the third-most visited of the 59 parks in the National Park system.