Our country and its resources; . ry dollar,therefore, which is spent by the na-tion on national parks may be con-sidered an investment which is like-ly to bring in a very satisfactory re-turn upon the money invested. VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS, 1908 TO 1915 Name of Park 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Yellowstone National 19,542 1,251 1,773 3,511 80 5,275 3,171 26,000 250 32,545 13,182 854 798 5,968 165 4,171 3,216 25,000 190 19,575 13,619 2,407 1,17S 8,000 250 5,000 25,000 190 120,000 23,054 12,530 3,114 2,160 10,306 206 4,500 3,887 30,000 200 130,000 4,000 22,970 10,884 2
Our country and its resources; . ry dollar,therefore, which is spent by the na-tion on national parks may be con-sidered an investment which is like-ly to bring in a very satisfactory re-turn upon the money invested. VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS, 1908 TO 1915 Name of Park 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Yellowstone National 19,542 1,251 1,773 3,511 80 5,275 3,171 26,000 250 32,545 13,182 854 798 5,968 165 4,171 3,216 25,000 190 19,575 13,619 2,407 1,17S 8,000 250 5,000 25,000 190 120,000 23,054 12,530 3,114 2,160 10,306 206 4,500 3,887 30,000 200 130,000 4,000 22,970 10,884 2,923 2,240 8,946 230 5,235 3,199 31,000 200 135,000 6,257 24,929 13,735 3,823 2,756 13,501 280 6,253 3,988 35,000 300 135,000 12,138 20,25015,145 4,667 3,735 15,038 502 7,096 3,592 30,000 500 125,000 14,168 51,89533,452 7,647 General Grant National Mount Rainier National Mesa Verde National Crater Lake National Wind Cave National Piatt National Sullys Hill National 10,523 35,166 663 11,371 2,817 20,0001,000 115,000 14,265 NATIONAL PARKS 99 THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF TOURIST TRAVEL TO NATIONAL PARKS Park Yellowstone: 1912 1913 1914 1915 Yosemite: 1912 1913 1914 1915 Mount Rainier 1912 1913 1914 1915 Glacier: 1912 1913 1914 1915 Numberof visitors(seasons) 970929250895 884735145452 94050103S160 257 1 3S168,205 Estimatedgross receiptsby concession-aires (seasons) $1,067, 1,186, 848, 2,003, 311,,,, 56, 66, 61, 138, 161,,, Federal appropriations (fiscal years) $8,500. 008,500. 008,500 008, 50,000. 00 80,000. 00 125, 100,000 00 5,,,, 69, 75, 100, 75,000. 00 Revenues (fiscalyears $16, 21,,,307 40 23,,,400 1 t37,019 20 5, 7, 9, 12, 1,,,, That this is not a mere specula-tion is shown in the table above,totaling the economic value of to
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