Tourism numbers are up across the board in Nova Scotia, especially in Cape Breton where Parks Canada is enjoying its largest increase ever at its sites.

Twenty-three thousand more visitors came to the province in June compared to the same month last year.

“In Cape Breton Highlands National Park the visitation numbers are up about 20 per cent. They are up about 32 per cent at Alexander Graham Bell Museum, and here at Louisbourg we’re at 39 per cent from this time last year,” says visitor experience manager Eddie Kennedy.

Tourism Nova Scotia says travel by air is up 18 per cent and by road eight per cent, translating to a total of 283,000 licensed room nights sold.

And that’s just for the month of June.

“We're hiring more staff because, of course, we are busier,” says hotel owner Linda Kennedy. “We're seeing a lot of local traffic as well … I work at the fortress as well, and I've seen the same faces two, three, four times already this season.”

Parks Canada says numbers are up across the Maritimes. At sites like Citadel Hill in Halifax or Fundy National Park in New Brunswick, the numbers are impressive.

“There's no site that isn't up for visitation in Atlantic Canada. Everybody is up right across the board,” says Kennedy.

With free admission as part of Canada 150 celebrations, visitors are taking advantage of what the historic sites have to offer, like firing an 18th century cannon.

“Once we heard about the canon experience, we knew we had to come for sure. I'm still kind of in shock. It was amazing,” says American tourist Moses Misplon.

Louisbourg businesses say they’re still experiencing a bump from the “Cape Breton if Trump Wins” website, which generated a great deal of interest south of the border.

Parks Canada says the low Canadian dollar might have more Canadians staying closer to home.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Kyle Moore.