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Exploring the overall, distributional and resiliency implications of investments in rural outdoor tourism: the case of Fishers Peak State Park

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dc.contributor.authorSchuck, Skyler, author
dc.contributor.authorThilmany, Dawn, advisor
dc.contributor.authorWeiler, Stephan, committee member
dc.contributor.authorHill, Rebecca, committee member
dc.contributor.authorBayham, Jude, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T10:27:51Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T10:27:51Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe recently christened Fishers Peak State Park offers great potential to give a much-needed boost to the economy of Las Animas County, specifically the town of Trinidad. State parks tend to draw tourism and may even improve the quality of life for current citizens or potential new workforce entrants (a benefit to employers), representing direct and spillover economic and societal benefits to the region. Yet, not all in the region may experience the same benefits. This paper seeks to estimate the overall and distributional income effect of the new state park through traditional empirical tourism expenditure modeling and input-output model analysis, with particular attention to and consideration for how different development approaches may affect outcomes. The framing and applied case study of this work is intended to serve as a toolkit for rural communities seeking to more holistically evaluate infrastructure development options to help them maximize the strength of key economic indicators that are keystones for economic resiliency. We seek to apply the same tourism and hospitality dependency methodology from Watson & Deller (2022) to assess resiliency in the region. But, to contribute to more nuanced understanding of the region's potential impacts, the analysis will apply a more focused lens by using refined location quotients for employment concentrations and data from the restricted QCEW, and by using both the Great Recession (2007-2009) and COVID-19 Pandemic (2019-2021) as shocks.
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dc.identifierSchuck_colostate_0053N_17885.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/236815
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectnatural resource economics
dc.subjectresiliency
dc.subjecttourism economics
dc.subjectregional development
dc.subjectinput-output analysis
dc.subjectstate park
dc.titleExploring the overall, distributional and resiliency implications of investments in rural outdoor tourism: the case of Fishers Peak State Park
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thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Resource Economics
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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