A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy, White Sands National Monument, 2012
White Sands National Monument hosted 447,385 recreation visits in 2012 (Table 1). Adjustments for visitor group size and re-entries resulted in 113,373 visitor group trips to the park in 2012 (Table 3). Based on a 2012 Visitor Services Project survey conducted July 17-23, 52% of these visitor group trips were made by local residents or non-locals on day trips, not including an overnight stay within the surrounding area including Alamogordo, Tularosa, and Las Cruces. Thirty-two percent of visitor group trips involved an overnight stay in a lodge, hotel, motel, cabin, B&Bs, etc. in the local area, and 4% were overnight camping stays in the local area (Table 3). Visitors reported their groups expenditures in the park and within the surrounding area including Alamogordo, Tularosa, and Las Cruces. The average visitor group size was 3.7 people (Table 2) and spent an average of $191 in the park and local area (Table 4).
Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy, White Sands National Monument, 2012
White Sands National Monument hosted 447,385 recreation visits in 2012 (Table 1). Adjustments for visitor group size and re-entries resulted in 113,373 visitor group trips to the park in 2012 (Table 3). Based on a 2012 Visitor Services Project survey conducted July 17-23, 52% of these visitor group trips were made by local residents or non-locals on day trips, not including an overnight stay within the surrounding area including Alamogordo, Tularosa, and Las Cruces. Thirty-two percent of visitor group trips involved an overnight stay in a lodge, hotel, motel, cabin, B&Bs, etc. in the local area, and 4% were overnight camping stays in the local area (Table 3). Visitors reported their groups expenditures in the park and within the surrounding area including Alamogordo, Tularosa, and Las Cruces. The average visitor group size was 3.7 people (Table 2) and spent an average of $191 in the park and local area (Table 4).
Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy, White Sands National Monument, 2012
P. S. Cook (author)
2013
34 pages
Report
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English