National forest visitor spending averages and the influence of trip-type and recreation activity

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-24

  White, Eric M ^a   Stynes, Daniel J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact; National forests; National Visitor Use Monitoring; Recreation visitor spending

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RECREATION CENTERS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FOREST PLANNING; NATIONAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

DATA PROCESSING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RECREATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41949085441     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jof/106.1.17     Document Type: Article

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