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Visitation to the major nature-based national parks has been declining. This paper specifies an econometric model that estimates the relative impact of consumer incomes, travel costs, entry fees and other factors on per capita attendance from 1993 to 2010. Results suggest that entrance fees have had a statistically significant but small impact on per capita attendance. Increasing fuel prices (travel costs) relative to income has had a more significant effect suggesting that park policies reducing the cost of attendance may be desirable. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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ERIC Subject
Economic Factors;
Middle Class;
Economic Research;
Fuels;
Travel;
Neoliberalism;
Parks;
Demonstration Programs;
Video Games;
Resource Allocation
Subject
National parks;
Environmental protection;
Fees & charges;
Parks & recreation areas;
Middle class;
Econometrics;
Costs;
Economic models;
Per capita;
Computer & video games;
Endangered & extinct species;
Air travel;
Land use planning;
Wildlife conservation;
Economic analysis;
Prices;
Attendance;
Income inequality;
Travel;
Visitation
Business indexing term
Classification
71219: Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions
Title
Declining National Park Visitation: An Economic Analysis
Author
Stevens, Thomas H; More, Thomas A; Markowski-Lindsay, Marla
Publication title
Journal of Leisure Research; Urbana
Volume
46
Issue
2
Pages
153-164
Number of pages
12
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Section
Regular Paper
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Place of publication
Urbana
Country of publication
United Kingdom
Publication subject
Conservation, Leisure And Recreation, Sports And Games--Outdoor Life
ISSN
00222216
e-ISSN
21596417
CODEN
JLERAB
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Document feature
Tables; Graphs; References
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2014.11950317
ProQuest document ID
1519066964
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/declining-national-park-visitation-economic/docview/1519066964/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright National Recreation and Park Association 2014
Last updated
2025-11-10
Database
ProQuest One Academic