Measuring the economic impact of a state park system

Ji Youn Jeong, John L. Crompton

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Abstract

A low cost approach to estimating the economic impact on local communities of a comprehensive state park system is described. The expenditures of 51,603 visitors at 29 parks were collected, extrapolated to an additional 60 parks, and used as inputs to derive estimates of economic impact on the parks’ local areas using four measures: labor income, value added, output and jobs. The potential of those kinds of analyses for positively influencing elected officials’ budget decisions for parks is illustrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238-257
Number of pages20
JournalManaging Sport and Leisure
Volume20
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Economic impact
  • Parks
  • Political advocacy

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