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U.S. impact of outdoor recreation: $730 billion

By Joanne Kelley
Scripps Howard News Service — Sept. 19, 2006

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

From birdwatchers to mountain bikers, the active set accounts for almost $300 billion in annual retail sales and contributes more than twice that to the U.S. economy, according to a Boulder, Colo.-based trade group. Outdoor recreationists shell out $46 billion a year on the gear they need to hit the woods, the rivers and the slopes, according to a recent report by the Outdoor Industry Foundation. But they spend five times that much ($243 billion) on all the extras — food, lodging, entert ...

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