Durango Exhibit 24: City of Durango, Colorado: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation Final Report

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City of Durango: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation M-1 Report 2006 Figure 11. Estimated Total Non - Commercial Kayakers - Lower Animas User Days Lower Animas Non - Direct Daily Expenditure Commercial Kayak User 2005 Days Annual 15,470 Up to 50 Miles 3,890 51 to 100 Miles 620 101 to 200 Miles 4,160 More than 200 Miles 6,800 Total 15,470 The total number of annual, non - commercial, kayak user days on the Lower Animas River is estimated at 15,470. Estimating their economic impacts to the community at large requires two steps as well. The first step entails determining the actual direct expenditures by kayakers as well as considering the multiplier effects of those expenditures. Direct expenditures by kayakers typically include investments in gear and travel costs. In order to maintain consistently conservative estimates of non - commercial expenditures, the lowest documented number of individual non - commercial kayak user day expenditures is used. To these ends this report borrows expenditure estimates derived by Stratus Consulting's Preliminary Evaluation of the Beneficial Value of Waters Diverted in the Clear Creek Whitewater Park in the City of Golden Year 2000. The total per diem out of pocket expenditure of (adjusted for inflation) $36.20 per user day is used in this report. Note that this estimate is approximately one -third of the per diem expenditures utilized in the commercial section. Although an imperfect application of the data, this number serves as a reasonable estimate for daily expenditures - and, is in fact, likely a conservative estimate as a majority of user days originate from out of the region and undoubtedly result in higher per diem expenditures than $36.20 per day. The multiplier from the Commercial River Use in Colorado document is applied to yield total economic impacts.' Figure 12. Estimated Total Non - Commercial Kayakers - Economic Impacts NON - COMMERCIAL RAFTERS Non - commercial rafting estimates were estimated and used in precisely the same way as the non - commercial kayaking estimates. First, total Colorado non - commercial rafters were estimated throughout the state based on distance from Durango. See Figure 13. ' Note that total economic impacts were modified so that local boater expenditures were not included in the multiplied total economic impacts. 421 co 1 ens s4K. 970.382.9153 12 2. �a Estimated Total Annual User Days Direct Daily Expenditure Estimated Direct Expenditures Total Economic Impact In -State & Local Visiting 15,470 $ 36.20 $ 1,433,636 $ 2,713,833 Kayaking Out of State Visiting Kayaking 1,319 $ 36.20 $ 122,232 $ 231,382 TOTAL $ 1,555,868 $ 2,945,214 NON - COMMERCIAL RAFTERS Non - commercial rafting estimates were estimated and used in precisely the same way as the non - commercial kayaking estimates. First, total Colorado non - commercial rafters were estimated throughout the state based on distance from Durango. See Figure 13. ' Note that total economic impacts were modified so that local boater expenditures were not included in the multiplied total economic impacts. 421 co 1 ens s4K. 970.382.9153 12 2. �a