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| Above, Yosemite's Bridal Veil Fall. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The economic benefits that national parks brings to nearby (or gateway) communities is well worth the cost of maintaining them.
The numbers are in on Yosemite National Park. Although visitor numbers were down compared to the year before, spending in nearby communities was up.
According to My Mother Lode:
Yosemite National Park, CA — Well over four million Yosemite visitors spent nearly a half-billion dollars in nearby communities, according to a just-released National Park Service (NPS) report.
Official figures count 4,009,438 visitors to Yosemite National Park in 2018 with a total spending estimate in surrounding communities of $495,245,000, which supported 6,184 jobs in the area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $624,129,000. Nearly 97 percent of those visiting Yosemite were nonlocal.
Compared to last year’s numbers reported here, while the 2018 visitor numbers were down 7.8 percent, spending increased 9.6 percent. Job numbers decreased 7.5 percent, however cumulative economic impact rose 5.7 percent.
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