Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: George Washington Carver National Monument, 2010
Cook PS. 2011. Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: George Washington Carver National Monument, 2010. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
George Washington Carver National Monument hosted 36,118 recreation visits in 2010. After adjusting for visitor group size and re-entries into the park, there were 11,303 visitor group trips to the park in 2010. Based on a 2010 Visitor Services Project survey conducted June 12-July 3, 72% of these visitor group trips were day trips not including an overnight stay within 30 miles of the park.1 Twelve percent of the visitor group trips involved an overnight stay in motels, lodges or cabins outside the park, and 3% of visitor group trips were overnight stays in campgrounds outside the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cook, Philip
- Date of Issue
- 2011-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- EQD , GWCA , SSB
- Keywords
- focus group research, stakeholder (or public) survey research, visitor monitoring, Visitor Services Project, visitor survey research