Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: Arches National Park, 2003
Stynes DJ and Sun Y. 2005. Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: Arches National Park, 2003. National Park Service, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI
The purpose of this study is to document the local economic impacts of visitors to Arches National Park (ARCH) in 2003. The local region encompasses a one-hour driving distance around Moab, Utah. Economic impacts are measured as the direct and secondary sales, income, jobs and value added in the region resulting from spending by park visitors. The economic estimates are produced using the Money Generation Model version 2 (MGM2) (Stynes and Propst, 2000).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Stynes, Daniel; Sun, Ya-Yen
- Date of Issue
- 2005-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Michigan State University
- Units
- ARCH , EQD , SSB
- Keywords
- focus group research, stakeholder (or public) survey research, visitor monitoring, Visitor Services Project, visitor survey research