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Research
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Economic Impact Study
The youth camping industry provides economic benefits to the Northeast (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) and has a direct financial benefit of billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs created annually by camps in this region.
The economic impact comes from three major sources: its employment and operational spending; its capital expenditures; and its function as a tourist attraction.
Primary Benefits of an Economic Impact Study:
- Legitimizes the industry from the standpoint of our economic impact, which either goes unseen, or is seen as marginal, by legislators and public policy makers.
- Shows the dollars and cents impact of our industry in terms of vital macro-economic drivers, such as: youth seasonal employment; rural full-time employment; consumers of products, such as gas, food, chlorine, etc.; and driving robust economic activity in local and/or rural and/or small communities.
- Allows camps to better explain the economic impact of our industry – even an individual camp – including the economic impact to your local communities from your staff, their families, etc.
- In this age when municipalities are all under pressure to tighten their belts, camps need to show them how valuable we are to economic growth, as well as local and state budgets.
Economic Impact Study Information
For more information about our economic impact studies, please email info@acanynj.org
