Too Many People are Going Outside | Wendover Productions
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Too Many People are Going Outside | Wendover Productions

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202634 min
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Here's a lie—American outdoor recreation is doing better than ever. And here are some statistics to back up that lie. These are annual National Park Service visitor figures in the US since 2000. The number's going up and to the right—the good way.

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More Americans than ever are visiting national park sites. Take the NPS's historic and recreation sites out of this data and just focus on the 63 nature-focused national parks and the trends even stronger. The number of visitors is going up, and up, and up.

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Along with attendance, spending is rising, too. With $20.5 billion spent in the parks and gateway communities surrounding them, 2021 saw a return to the all-time highs that defined the late 2010s. Jobs in the parks and jobs created by the parks also bounced back from COVID-stricken

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