National Park Service Visitor Spending Effects Active
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. USGS economists collaborate with the National Park Service social science program to estimate NPS visitor spending and associated economic contributions to local and national economies.
USGS economists develop and maintain the Visitor Spending Effects Model to estimate the economic contributions of NPS visitor spending. This model combines park visitor survey data and economic input-output models to estimate the jobs and business activity supported by NPS visitor spending.
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 here.
Below are publications associated with this project.
2020 National Park Visitor Spending Effects Economic Contributions to Local Communities, States,and the Nation
Economic effects assessment approaches: US National Parks approach
2019 National park visitor spending effects: Economic contributions to local communities, states, and the nation
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- Overview
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. USGS economists collaborate with the National Park Service social science program to estimate NPS visitor spending and associated economic contributions to local and national economies.
USGS economists develop and maintain the Visitor Spending Effects Model to estimate the economic contributions of NPS visitor spending. This model combines park visitor survey data and economic input-output models to estimate the jobs and business activity supported by NPS visitor spending.
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 here.
- Publications
Below are publications associated with this project.
2020 National Park Visitor Spending Effects Economic Contributions to Local Communities, States,and the Nation
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 economic activity within park gateway communities. This report summarizes the annual economic contribution analysis that measures how NPS visitor spending cycles through local economAuthorsCatherine Cullinane Thomas, Lynne KoontzEconomic effects assessment approaches: US National Parks approach
This chapter discusses the data and methods used by the US National Park Service to estimate the economic effects of National Park visitor spending to local and regional economies. Topics covered include a summary of economic effects analyses, required data for analysis (visitor count data, trip characteristics and spending patterns, and regional economic multipliers) and how these data are combinAuthorsCatherine Cullinane Thomas, Lynne Koontz2019 National park visitor spending effects: Economic contributions to local communities, states, and the nation
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 economic activity within park gateway communities. This report summarizes the annual economic contribution analysis that measures how NPS visitor spending cycles through local economAuthorsCatherine Cullinane Thomas, Lynne Koontz - Partners
Below are partners associated with this project.