Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 2009

Cook PS. 2011. Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 2009. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site hosted 36,777 recreation visits in 2009. Adjustments for visitor group size and re-entries resulted in 12,085 visitor group trips to the park in 2009. Based on a 2009 Visitor Services Project survey conducted June 15-23, 38% of these visitor group trips were day trips not including an overnight stay in the park or within 30 miles of the park. Thirty-seven percent of the visitor group trips involved an overnight stay in motels, lodges or cabins outside the park, and 18% of visitor group trips were overnight stays in campgrounds outside the park.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Cook, Philip
Date of Issue
2011-04
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
EQD , MIMI , SSB
Keywords
focus group research, stakeholder (or public) survey research, visitor monitoring, Visitor Services Project, visitor survey research

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