SWSI Environment and Recreation Needs and Priorities TRT Draft

• Technical Roundtable: Recreation & Environment
• Title: SWSI - Environment and Recreation Needs and Priorities White Paper
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The expenditures per angler day average about $65 ($602,948,000 divided by 9,267,000 angler
days) for food and lodging, transportation, other trip costs, and equipment.

Recreation and Tourism Employment

Employment in recreation and tourism in Colorado accounts for about 8 percent of the state's
total employment. Table 3 illustrates how recreation and tourism employment has increased in
recent years. In this table, the 1997 and 1999 values for employment in all industries are
interpolated.

Table 3 Employment in Tourism vs. Employment in all Colorado Industries

Employment in Tourism
EmQlo~ment in all Industries 2,448,120 2,958,899
I T ou rism Percentage

Source: Center for Business and Economic Consulting Inc. Tourism Jobs in Colorado,
April 27, 2001. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/default.cfm#a)
*Denotes I nterpolated Data

Golfing

In 2002, the Colorado golf industry directly contributed over $560 million into Colorado's
economy as detailed in Table 4. Based on a survey conducted in 2003, Colorado had 264 golf
courses, which is over half of the 466 total in the Mountain Region (Wyoming, Utah, and the
northern half of both Arizona and New Mexico). The total acres of land invested in Colorado
golf courses in 2002 was 35,600 acres, of which 19,837 were in irrigated turf grass. A notable
trend in water resource management at golf courses is the use shift of some irrigation water
from surface water to reclaimed wastewater. The use of reclaimed water is growing
significantly. In 2002, 61 percent of irrigation water came from surface water while 10 percent
was from reclaimed water. By 2002, surface water use had declined to 52 percent and reclaimed
wastewater had increased to 20 percent (Davies et al. 2004).

Table 4 Colorado Golf Course Revenues (2002) (Millions of Dollars)

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Green Fees I $189.51
Golf Cart Rentals $47.82
Other Rentals I $9.76
~g Range $16.95
Pro Shop Merchandise I $52.88
Food and Beverage $90.16
Dues/Initiations I $134.81
Other $18.16
TOTAL $560.06

Source: Davies, S., P. Watson, D. Thilmany. 2004. Resource and
Environmental Aspects of Golf in Colorado. Department of
Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, Colorado. April 2004-APR 04-01.

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