Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Report
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2017 ARIZONA STATE PARKS: OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION REPORT Economic Impact of Off-Highway Recreation in the State of Arizona Project Director: Deepak Chhabra, Ph.D. Project Contributors: Eunhye Grace Kim, Ph.D. Candidate Carlton Yoshioka, Ph.D. Nicholas Stevenson, MS Student School of Community Resources and Development College of Public Service and Community Solutions 411 North Central Avenue Suite 550 Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA 602-496-0172 [email protected] 1 Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................ 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................................................................ 9 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 10 DATA SOURCES AND METHODS........................................................................................................... 13 STUDY LIMITATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 15 FINDINGS ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Section 1: Economic Impact and Direct Expenditures by OHV Visitors based on the Online Survey ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Out-of-State OHV Visitors ........................................................................................................ 22 OHV Operating Expenses ......................................................................................................... 26 OHV Vehicle Spending by Retained Visitors ............................................................................ 26 OHV Operating Expenses by Out-of-State Visitors .................................................................. 30 Section 2: Direct Spending of OHV Visitors at three most popular trails ..................................... 32 Out of State ............................................................................................................................... 39 Section 3: Direct Expenditures by Onsite Respondents ................................................................ 44 Retained OHV Visitors ............................................................................................................. 45 Out of State OHV Visitors ........................................................................................................ 46 2 Section 4: Marketing Profile & Travel Behavior of Online Respondents……………………………………….51 Marketing Profile ..................................................................................................................... 51 Travel Behavior ........................................................................................................................ 52 Visitor Profile ........................................................................................................................... 55 Out-of-State……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………57 Marketing Profile ................................................................................................................. 57 Travel Behavior .................................................................................................................... 58 Visitor Profile ....................................................................................................................... 60 Retained…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………62 Marketing Profile ................................................................................................................. 62 Travel Behavior .................................................................................................................... 63 Visitor Profile ....................................................................................................................... 65 Section 5: Marketing Profile & Travel Behavior of OHV Visitors at Trail Site…………………………….67 Marketing Profile ..................................................................................................................... 67 Travel Behavior ........................................................................................................................ 67 Visitor Profile ........................................................................................................................... 71 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….73 APPENDIX………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..75 Appendix A ............................................................................................................................... 76 Appendix B – OHV Operating Expense Distribution ................................................................ 78 Appendix C - Marketing Profile & Travel Behavior ................................................................. 82 Appendix D (Survey Sample) – Economic Impact of OHV Recreation in Arizona .................. 122 3 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Total economic impact of OHV recreation ($)...……………………………………………… .16 Table 2: Aggregate Annual Expenditures for all OHV Users ($)...…………………………………….. 17 Table 3 Economic Impact Breakdown ($)…..………………………………………………………….... 17 Table 4 State/Local and Federal Taxes 2017 ($)……..…………………………………………………. .17 Table 5 Economic Impact Contributions of Top Ten Industries ($)……..……………………………. 18 Table 6: Total Direct Annual Spending reported on Ancillary Items ($)…...…………………………. 19 Table 7: Annual Total Spending of Retained Local OHV Visitors on Ancillary Items…..………….. 20 Table 8: Average Annual Spending of Retained OHV Visitors ($)…………..………………………… 21 Table 9: Total Spending on Ancillary Items at the Recent Trail ($)………..…………………………...21 Table 10: Average Spending of Retained Local OHV Visitors at the Recent Trail ($)……..………….22 Table 11: Total Annual Spending by Out-of-State Visitors on Ancillary Sectors ($)……..……………23 Table 12: Average Annual Spending of Out-of-State OHV Visitors ($)….….………………………….23 Table 13: Total Spending of Out-of-State OHV Visitors at a Recent Trail ($)……..…………………..24 Table 14: Average Annual Spending of Out-of-State OHV Visitors at the most recent trail ($)…..….25 Table 15: Economic Impact of OHV Expenditures ($)……………….………………………………….26 Table 16 State/Local and Federal Tax Contributions ($)……….….…………………………………….26 Table 17 Economic Impact Contributions of Top Ten Industries ($)…….……………………………..27 Table 18: Annual Total OHV Vehicle Spending by Retained AZ Users ($)…….……………………....27 Table 19: Vehicle related Expenses of Retained Local Visitors ($)……….……………………………..28 Table 20: Average Spending on OHV Vehicle Operating Expenses ($)…….…………………………..29 Table 21: Average Spending per Item across all OHV Vehicles ($)……….…………………………….29 Table 22: Average Expenditures based on Type of OHV Vehicle ($)……….…………………………..29 Table 23: Annual Vehicle-related Expenses of Out-of-State OHV Visitors ($)………………………...30 Table 24: Total operating Expenses per OHV Vehicle for Out of State Visitors ($)….………………..30 Table 25: Average Spending on OHV Vehicle Operating Expenses ($)……………………………….. 31 Table 26: Average Spending per Item across all OHV Visitors ($)……………………………………..31 Table 27: Average Expenditures based on Type of OHV Vehicle ($)………………………………….. 31 Table 28: Total Economic Impact of OHV Recreation (Ancillary Spending) ($)………………………32 Table 29 Economic Impact Breakdown in terms of Direct, Indirect and Induced Benefits ($)……….32 Table 30 State/Local and Federal Taxes Contributions ($)……………………………………………...33 Table 31: Aggregate Ancillary Expenditures for Top Three Trails ($)…………………………………33 Table 32: Economic Impact of Ancillary Spending at Boulders ($)……………………………………..33 Table 33 State/Local and Federal Tax Contributions ($)……………………………………………… .34 Table 34 Economic Impact Contributions of Top Ten Industries ($)…………………………………...34 Table 35: Total Direct Spending by Retained OHV Users on Ancillary Items ($) …………………….35 Table 36: Average Spending by Retained OHV AZ Users, at Boulders, on Ancillary Items ($)……..35 Table 37: Economic Impact of Ancillary Spending at Boulders ($)……….…………………………….36 Table 38: State/Local and Federal Tax Contributions ($)………………………………………………36 Table 39: Economic Impact Contributions of Top Ten Industries ($)…………………………………..37 Table 40: Total Spending by Retained OHV AZ Users, at Lake Havasu, on Ancillary Items………...37 Table 41: Average Spending by Retained OHV Visitors on Ancillary Items ($)……………………….38 Table 42: Total Annual Spending by Out of State OHV Visitors on Ancillary Sectors ($)……………39 Table 43: Average Spending by Out of State Spending on Ancillary Items ($)……………………….. 40 Table 44: Economic Impact of Ancillary Spending at Table Mesa ($)………………………………….41 4 Table 45: State/Local and Federal Tax Contributions ($)………………………………………………41 Table 46: Economic Impact Contributions of Top Ten Industries ($)…………………………………..42 Table 47: Total