Will the Outdoor Industry Ever Stop Booming?
Substitute fly fishing for the outdoor industry and ask the same question. Twenty months after COVID arrived on American shores and brought with it—in addition …
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The Outdoor Recreation Economy by State
The outdoor recreation economy is large, growing faster than the overall economy, and consists of jobs in many industries. In September 2019, the Bureau of …
American West Discovers How to Make Money on the Outdoors
Forget fracking. The American West has discovered how to make money on the outdoors. The outdoor boom comes as jobs in extraction decline. Nationwide employment …
The outdoor recreation industry generated $374 billion in 2016
The outdoor-recreation industry accounted for an estimated 2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product last year — with $374 billion in economic activity — …
Outdoors Spending By State
Outdoor recreation spending in the United States is valued at $887 billion. But state by state spending figures, released last week by the OIA, reveal …