Local Economy Gets Natural Boost with Ecotourism
January 5th, 2010
Brunswick County, NC new home builder Mark Johnson Custom Homes would like to share an exciting article by Amy Hotz of the Wilmington Star-News. With the growth of local ecotourism, several Brunswick County town officials are considering creating new paddling and biking trails. Below is an excerpt and to read Hotz’s complete article, click here!
“In North Carolina, a 2006 survey by the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation found that 3.4 million of the state’s residents and nonresidents, 16 years and older fished, hunted or watched wildlife in North Carolina.
Of the total number of participants, 1.3 million fished, 304,000 hunted and 2.6 million participated in wildlife-watching activities, which include observing, feeding and photographing wildlife.
All that adds up to money.
That same survey also indicated that 87.5 million Americans spent more than $122 billion in 2006 on wildlife-related recreation.”
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