Economic Impacts of Parks, Rivers, Trails and Greenways

Dean Runyan Associates http://www.deanrunyan.com/resources.htmlOffers links to state tourism research for every state in the U.S., and well as key tourismrelated organizations and associations, and other useful sites. This firm specializes ineconomic and market research for travel, tourism and recreation, with public and privatesector projects throughout the U.S. The website posts economic impact studies that havebeen performed by several states including California, Colorado, Idaho, North Dakota,Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming: http://www.deanrunyan.com/traveldata.htmlTravel and Tourism Research Association http://www.ttra.com/This is an international association of travel research and marketing professionals, whichfacilitates access to numerous sources of information in support of research efforts by itsmembers.Travel Industry Association of America. www.tia.orgThe Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) represents the U.S. travel industry andfacilitates increased travel to and within the country. TIA’s Research Department gathers,conducts, analyzes and publishes economic, marketing and international research thatdemonstrates the significance of the travel and tourism industry at national, state and locallevels. It defines the size, characteristics and growth of existing and emerging travelmarkets, and provides qualitative trend analysis and quantitative forecasts of future travelactivity and impact.TIA offers special segment studies that address such topics as historical/cultural travelersand leisure trips to national or state parks. It publishes The National Parks Traveler, whichpresents the results from national surveys about trips that include a visit to national/stateparks. It highlights details of the most recent trip taken by national park travelers andexamines travelers’ awareness of U.S. National Park areas and their attitudes about nationalpark travel. Other TIA publications include:Impact of Travel on State Economies- presents estimates of both domestic andinternational traveler expenditures in the U.S., travel employment and income in thenation and each state, and travel-generated tax receipts for federal, state, and localgovernments. The report covers detailed estimates for travel-related categories, such aspublic transportation, auto transportation, lodging, food service, entertainment andrecreation, and incidentals.Auto Travel in the U.S.- provides a detailed profile of U.S. trips that are taken by ownedcars and trucks, camper/recreation vehicles, and rental cars as primary modes oftransportation. The report includes a profile of trips that include a rental car as asecondary mode of transportation and auto travel is further segmented by primarypurpose of trip, relativity of origin and destination, hotel stay, and trip duration.Finally, TIA offers the Travel Economic Impact Model (TEIM) for estimating travelerexpenditures and related economic impact in the U.S. The TEIM estimates travelexpenditures and the resulting employment, personal income, and tax revenue generated bythese expenditures. The TEIM also has the capability of estimating the economic impact ofvarious types of travel as well, such as business and leisure, by transport mode and type of78