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| Above, early morning view of Yosemite Valley. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Local communities near our national parks derive great economic benefit from visitors. Such is the case for communities near Yosemite National Park.
My Mother Lode reported:
Yosemite National Park, CA – Despite a 13 percent dip in visitors and their spending last year, new National Parks Service numbers reflect the continued enormous impact of Yosemite National Park tourism to the Mother Lode.
Figures shared in this latest NPS report show that 4,336,889 visitors to Yosemite in 2017 spent $451,782,000 in communities near the park; also that the spending supported 6,666 local jobs and had a cumulative $589,343,700 impact on the local economy. The supported jobs figure reflects about a 15 percent decrease from the previous year.
It is worth noting that 2016 was the year of the highly anticipated and promoted National Parks Centennial Celebration.
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