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

• Description: Durango RICD
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 6/1/2006
• Author: RPI Consulting
• Title: Durango Exhibit 24: City of Durango, Colorado: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation Final Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Court Documents

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City of Durango: Economic Impacts of Whitewater Recreation Fin.1 Report
2006
Table A10. Non - Commercial Rafting Formulations
attract
all of those visits. In order to estimate
the amount
of State tourism that will likely occur in
La Plata County, RPI consulted the State
Expression
Non - Commercial Rafting
Quantity
Symbol
or Source
Colorado Market Share of U.S. Discretionary
0.021
a
Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International
Travel
this adjustment to the total rafter visits
to find that
there are about 1000 out of state
2004 Colorado Visitors
22300000
b
Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International
Outdoor Trips 2004
2210000
c
Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International
Colorado Outdoor Trips 2005
2320500
d
Colorado Tourism Study: Longwood International
2005 Outdoor Recreation Participation Study by Outdoor
% Taking Rafting Outdoor Adventure Trip
1.7%
a
Industry Foundation
Colorado Tourist Rafter Visits
37570
f
= e * d
Colorado Demography Section (see figure x - Durango
Durango Area Share of State Tourism Total
2.5%
9
Area Share of State Tourism Total )
Durango Out of State Tourist Rafter Visits
934
h
= f * g
Durango Out of State Tourist Rafter User Days
1401
i
= h * 1.5
2005
2015 Out of State Rafters (high)
1612
j
= i * 115 %(see figure x - Tourism Growth Factor)
2015 Out of State Rafters (low)
1401
k
= i
Out of State Private Rafters (high)
403
http:/ /parks. state.co.us / home / kids /publications /Feb_Min_2004.pdf
Out of St P Rafters (low)
350
http: / /parks. state.co.us / home / kids /publications /Feb_Min_2004.pdf
Estimating out of state rafting user
Whitewater Park begin with statewide
Tourism and Economic Development
International. Knowing that over abot
and that 1.7% of recreationists take
oriented visits occur each year.
days occurring or projected to occur at the Durango
tourism estimates available from the Colorado Office of
in annual tourism studies conducted by Longwood's
it 2.3 million tourists come to Colorado for outdoor trips
rafting vacations, this means that nearly 40,000 rafting
However La Plata County will not
attract
all of those visits. In order to estimate
the amount
of State tourism that will likely occur in
La Plata County, RPI consulted the State
Demography
Sections basic income for tourism
for all
counties. La Plata County collects about
2.5% of all
of the new dollars collected from
tourists
in Colorado each year. So, assuming that visitation
is proportionate to revenues, RPI
applied
this adjustment to the total rafter visits
to find that
there are about 1000 out of state
rafters
that visit the Durango Whitewater Park each year for
a total of about 1400 user days.
In order to avoid double counting commercial and private rafting, RPI employed the estimate that
1 out of 4 rafters is a private rafter (http:/ /parks. state.co.us /home /kids /publications). Low estimates
for 2015 assume no growth in State Tourism, while high estimates employ a linear projection of
overnight pleasure trips to Colorado as measured by Longwood's International since 1994 to
obtain a growth factor of 15% between 2005 and 2015.
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