[TN-Bird] 2009 Virginia Tech sudy showed 640,000 tourst spent $8.6 million to view Virginia wildlife.

From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:12:49 -0500
In 2004, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) completed 
the nation's first statewide wildlife viewing trail, the Virginia Birding and 
Wildlife Trail.  The purpose of the trail was to bring tourism dollars, based 
on wildlife viewing, into local communities. A key conservation goal was that 
the valuable tax revenue would allow these communities to support and even 
invest in habitat conservation efforts. Furthermore, by providing access to 
wildlife, the trail would build Virginians appreciation for wildlife and birds. 
Five years later, in 2009, VDGIF announced that the Conservation Management 
Institute at Virginia Tech completed a study on the social and economic impacts 
of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail. Researchers at Virginia Tech found 
that more than 640,000 visitors travel to Virginia annually to view wildlife on 
the Birding and Wildlife Trail, infusing more than $8.6 million into the state 
economy each year. Visitors tended to be well educated, with a median income 
exceeding $75,000 annually. In addition, over 95% of visitors to the Virginia 
Birding and Wildlife Trail planed to visit the Trail again in the future.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN


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