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Economic Impact of Outdoor Recreation Outdoor Recreation in America is a huge business, bringing BILLIONS of dollars into our economy.
The numbers (albeit questionable in the motorized catagories) are in....look what outdoor recreation does for America:
- 6.1 million american jobs
- $646 billion in outdoor recreation spending
each year
- $39.9 billion in federal tax revenue
- $39.7 billion in state/local tax revenue
- $53 billion on snow sports ($54 billion on internet access)
140 million americans recreate outside.
50 million use OHV’s
This is HUGE news. Be sure to share with your politicians, newspaper editors, website forum moderators and your club/group. Shout it from the rooftops!
More details and study results here from the Outdoor Industry Association:
ttp://www.outdoorindustry.org/images/researchfiles/OIA_OutdoorRecEconomyReport2012.pdf?167
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