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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe US has lost more than $250 million in tourist revenue because of the shutdown
By Rafat Ali, Skift
The US government shutdown is now well into its second week, and the national parks cross the country remain closed. With it, hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to the local communities that surround the depend on tourism for their sustenance.
The National Parks Conservation Association, the non-partisan, non-governmental advocacy organization that supports these national parks, has been tracking the losses and has come up with some numbers, which were outlining below:
401 national park units closed.
21,000 National Park Service employees have been furloughed.
As many as 750,000 visitors will be turned away daily.
$450,000 in revenues lost by park service every day.
Local gateway communities could lose as much as $30 million per day the national parks are closed.
Due to budget cuts, the budget to operate our national parks, in todays dollars, is already 13% less than it was three years ago, a loss of $315 million.
In the busy summer tourist season, national parks operated with approximately 1,900 less staff due to the more than $180 million cut in 2013.
US national parks attract nearly 300 million visitors and support more than $30 billion in private-sector spending, generating $10 in economic activity for every federal dollar invested, claims NCPA.
Nine out of 10 Americans visited a national park, one in five international visitors visits a park service unit during their stay in US.
The NCPA created this live ticker to show how much estimated dollars have been lost since the shutdown of national parks last Tuesday.
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The US has lost more than $250 million in tourist revenue because of the shutdown (Original Post)
n2doc
Oct 2013
OP
The loss is less than that because the tourists go to other places and spend their money elsewhere
FarCenter
Oct 2013
#1
What if the other place is a state park, private resort, or a different domestic venue?
FarCenter
Oct 2013
#3
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)1. The loss is less than that because the tourists go to other places and spend their money elsewhere
FSogol
(45,481 posts)2. Not necessarily. What if the other place is Canada, Bermuda, Mexico, etc?
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)3. What if the other place is a state park, private resort, or a different domestic venue?