Cherokee One Feather reports:
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According to a recently-released National Park Service (NPS) study, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is not only the nation’s most visited national park, it also tops the 397 national park units in visitor spending. The study estimates that in 2010 the Park’s 9 million visitors spent over $818 million in the gateway communities surrounding the Park.
...The study, “Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation and Payroll, 2010”, was conducted by Dr. Daniel Stynes of the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies at Michigan State University. ...
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Love the Smokies and impressed by the value it brings to the local communities.... and even more exciting.... the Smokies would be completely eclipsed (in all numbers) if the NPS could find a way to count and tally the impact of the over TWENTY FIVE million visitors to the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, DC -- the true top national park!! http://www.nps.gov/nama
By Wendy O
01/28/2012