NY's
Sportfishing Guide
Recreational Boating is Big Business
Recreational
boating in New York means business - big business. A study that
was commissioned by New York Sea Grant
and conducted by a group of Cornell University researchers found
that boaters spent a whopping $2.4 billion in 2003, despite the
poor summer weather. Other interesting facts include:-
Trip related
expenditures
- $173 million
associated with trips to and in regions
bordering the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes
- $53 million
associated with trips to and in the Hudson River area
- $162 million
associated with trips to and in the New York City/Long Island
Metropolitan Area
Non trip related
expenditures
- $661 million
associated with the economic regions
bordering the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes
- $194 million
associated with the Hudson River region
- $907 million
associated with the New York City/Long Island Metropolitan Area
Total economic
impact by region
- $600 million
associated with the economic regions
bordering the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes
- $184 million
associated with the Hudson River region
- $843 million
associated with the New York City/Long Island Metropolitan Area
Click
here (PDF) to read about the economic impacts of recreational
boating in 2003.
