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a 1., — <br />City of Durango: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation Final R.rt ,n 2006 <br />For rafters more than 200 miles away, the travel tolerance estimates were replaced with the <br />2005 Outdoor Recreation Participation Study by Outdoor Industry Foundation estimates for % of <br />recreationists who take "rafting adventure vacations" (1.7 %). <br />PRIVATE OUT OF STATE TOURIST USER DAYS <br />This section describes the methodology and data sources used to estimate the user days <br />generated by the Animas River as a whitewater destination among Colorado tourists from outside <br />the State. <br />Table A9. Non - Commercial Kayaking Formulations <br />Expression <br />Non - Commercial Kayaking <br />Quantity <br />Symbol <br />or S o ur ce <br />Colorado Market Share of U.S. <br />0.021 <br />a <br />Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International <br />Discretionary Travel <br />2004 Colorado Visitors <br />22300000 <br />b <br />Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International <br />Outdoor Trips 2004 <br />2210000 <br />c <br />Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International <br />Colorado Outdoor Trips 2005 <br />2320500 <br />d <br />Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International <br />2005 Outdoor Recreation Participation Study by Outdoor <br />% Taking Rafting Outdoor Adventure Trip <br />1.6% <br />e <br />Industry Foundation <br />Colorado Tourist Kayaker Visits <br />35360 <br />f <br />= e * d <br />Durango Area Share of State Tourism <br />Colorado Demography Section (see figure x - Durango <br />Total <br />2.5% <br />g <br />Area Share of State Tourism Total ) <br />Durango Out of State Tourist Kayaker <br />879 <br />h <br />= f * g <br />Visits <br />Durango Out of State Tourist Kayaker User <br />1319 <br />i <br />= h 1.5 <br />Days 2005 <br />2015 Out of State Kayakers (high) <br />1518 <br />j <br />= i * 115 %(see figure x - Tourism Growth Factor) <br />2015 Out of State Kayakers (low) <br />1319 <br />k <br />= i <br />Out of State Private Kayakers (high) <br />0.021 <br />http: / /parks. state.co.us / home / kids /publications /Feb_Min_2004.pdf <br />Out of State Pri v a te Kayakers (low) <br />22300000 <br />http: / /parks. state. co. us /home /kids /publications /Feb_Min 2004.pdf <br />Estimating out of state kayaker user days occurring or projected to occur at the Durango <br />Whitewater Park begin with statewide tourism estimates available from the Colorado Office of <br />Tourism and Economic Development using annual tourism studies conducted by Longwood's <br />International. Knowing that over about 2.3 million tourist come to Colorado for outdoor trips and <br />that 1.6% of recreationists take 'kayaking' vacations, this means that nearly 40,000 rafting <br />oriented visits occur each year. <br />erz can tzna � *r_ <br />970.382.9153 <br />27 <br />