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<br />~ <br /> <br />001247 <br /> <br />Draft - 9/81 <br /> <br />large recreational area is Curecantl, whlch attracted 729,300 <br /> <br />visitors In 1978. <br /> <br />In a study of recreational partlcipation for <br /> <br />1979-80, provisional estimates show the following number of <br /> <br />activity days for Colorado residents and visitors: <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />La k e Bo a tin g <br /> <br />7,103,329 <br /> <br />Water Skiing <br /> <br />3,4-71,64-8 <br /> <br />Sailing <br /> <br />744-,257 <br /> <br />SwimmIng <br /> <br />4-1,899,334- <br /> <br />It should be noted that the boating figures are additive, leading <br /> <br />to a total of 11,319,234 activity days centered on reservoirs. <br /> <br />Based on the Division's 1974- data, 87 percent of the swimming <br /> <br />actb ity days were in pools, 8 percent in lakes and 5 percent in <br /> <br />streams or rivers. <br /> <br />ThIs means that approximatel! 5,4-4-0,000 <br /> <br />activity days involved swimming in the state's reservolrs, <br /> <br />streams, and rIvers. <br /> <br />Whitewater recreation14- constitutes a rapidly growlng <br /> <br />industry and pastime in Colorado. <br /> <br />An estlmated 4-0-50 commercial <br /> <br />river outfitters are now doing business in the state. <br /> <br />The latest <br /> <br />, <br />data (1976) shows that commercial river outfItters accounted for <br /> <br />96,B99 user days, 65 percent of the whitewater total. <br /> <br />In 1976 <br /> <br />the estimated amount of dIrect payments to Colorado commercIal <br /> <br />outfitting companIes was more than $3,000,000. <br /> <br />Because whlte- <br /> <br />water recreation is enjoying a national growth rate of 20-30 <br /> <br />percent per year and because few permit restrictions exist In <br /> <br />Colorado, participation in both commercial and non-commercial <br /> <br />whitewater recreatIon is growing rapidly. <br /> <br />14-Whitewater recreation includes rafting, kayaking, and white- <br />water canoeing. <br /> <br />14 <br />