Helping park ‘neighbors’
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A federal report shows visitors to Yellowstone National Park spent nearly US$513 million in neighboring communities last year.
The report from the US National Park Service indicates the spending by the park’s 4.1 million visitors supported nearly 7,100 jobs in the area in 2018.
According to the report, the more than 468,000 visitors to Devils Tower National Monument in northeast Wyoming spent US$30 million last year, supporting more than 400 jobs.
The park service recorded more than 318 million visitors nationwide. The report shows they spent more than US$20 billion in communities within 96.5 kilometers of parks to support 329,000 jobs.
Of the nationwide visitor spending, nearly US$7 billion was on lodging expenses and US$4 billion was on restaurants and bars.
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