Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: James A. Garfield National Historic Site, 2009
Cook PS. 2011. Impacts of Visitor Spending on the Local Economy: James A. Garfield National Historic Site, 2009. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
James A. Garfield National Historic Site hosted 17,100 recreation visits in 2009. After adjusting for visitor group size and re-entries into the park, there were 6,451 visitor group trips to the park in 2009. Based on a Visitor Services Project (VSP) survey conducted July 24-September 1, 2009, 68% of these visitor group trips were day trips not including an overnight stay within a one-hour drive of the park.1 Seventeen percent of the visitor group trips involved an overnight stay in motels, lodges or cabins outside the park, and 2% of visitor group trips were overnight stays in campgrounds outside the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cook, Philip
- Date of Issue
- 2011-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- EQD , JAGA , SSB
- Keywords
- focus group research, stakeholder (or public) survey research, visitor monitoring, Visitor Services Project, visitor survey research