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Abstract
The National Park Service (NPS) manages the Nation’s most iconic destinations that attract millions of visitors from across the Nation and around the world. Trip-related spending by NPS visitors generates and supports a considerable amount of economic activity within park gateway communities. This economic effects analysis measures how NPS visitor spending cycles through local economies, generating business sales and supporting jobs and income. In 2017, the National Park System received an estimated 331 million recreation visits. Visitors to National Parks spent an estimated \$18.2 billion in local gateway regions (defined as communities within 60 miles of a park). The contribution of this spending to the national economy was 306 thousand jobs, \$11.9 billion in labor income, \$20.3 billion in value added, and \$35.8 billion in economic output. The lodging sector saw the highest direct contributions with \$5.5 billion in economic output directly contributed to local gateway economies nationally. The sector with the next greatest direct contributions was the restaurants and bars sector, with \$3.7 billion in economic output directly contributed to local gateway economies nationally. Results from the Visitor Spending Effects report series are available online via an interactive tool. Users can view year-by-year trend data and explore current year visitor spending, jobs, labor income, value added, and economic output effects by sector for national, state, and local economies. This interactive tool is available at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Title | 2017 National Park visitor spending effects : Economic contributions to local communities, states, and the Nation |
| Series title | Natural Resource Technical Report |
| Series number | NPS/NRSS/EQD/NRR—2018/1616 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | National Park Service |
| Publisher location | Fort Collins, CO |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | iv, 56 p. |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |