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 Final R,,port 2006 Figure 19. Projected Commercial User Days Lower Animas River to 2015 Commercial Rafting Equipment Rental & Skills Classes 3000 - - - """ Skills Classes _ 2500,...- '^''�,�_,,,�,..�.Y'' _ 2000 1600 Equipment Rentals 1000 500 0 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 �3% Growth - 10% Growth 2015 economic impacts of commercial operations are based on the projected user days and rest on the same user day expenditures and multipliers as used in the previous commercial use section detailing total user days and impacts. All expenditures are presented in a range of low to high with low representing the 3% growth projection and high representing 10% growth. Figure 20. 2015 Estimated Economic Impacts of Commercial Whitewater Recreation 2015 User 2016 User Direct Direct Total Total Days Low Days High Expenditures Expenditures Economic Economic Low H igh Impact Low Impact High Commercial 70,824 75,638 $ 7,396,720 $ 7,899,409 $ 18,935,603 $ 20,222,489 Rafting Raft/Kayak 767 820 $ 80,143 $ 85,589 $ 205,166 $ 219,109 Rental Skills Classes 2,404 2,568 $ 251,095 $ 268,160 $ 642,804 $ 686,490 TOTAL $ 19,783,573 $ 21,128,088 The 2015 estimated economic impact of commercial whitewater recreation is estimated between $19 and $21 million. All estimates are in 2005 dollars. NON - COMMERCIAL PROJECTIONS Non commercial projections are based on the same methodology as in the non - commercial user day estimates. See Appendix A for a thorough description of these estimates. " Low (3 %) projections are based on the lowest non- negative growth year between 1988 and 2005. High (10 %) growth projections are based on the median rate of growth or decline of all years 1988 -2005. 491 ea11 1ioa 1 nc 970.382.9153 19