• New Office Bolsters Its $9.5 Billion Outdoor Recreation Economy BOSTON — December 13 — Massachusetts became the 18th state to establish an Office of Outdoor Recreation, drawing praise from Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) and bolstering the ability of the nation’s $862 billion outdoor recreation economy to grow even more. The Marine Retailers Association of […]
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Record-Breaking Numbers: Outdoor Recreation a Whopping $862B Industry According to New Government Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. — November 9 — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has released economic data for 2021 exhibiting outdoor recreation’s powerful and positive economic impact on the U.S. economy. These new numbers show outdoor recreation generates $862 billion in economic output and 4.5 million jobs. This means the outdoor recreation […]
