Recreation Business Commons^™

How The West Was Fun: Constructing The Western Tourism Experience In The Yellowstone Wylie Camps, 1880-1916, Jennifer E. Simpson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

B741: Structure, Conduct, And Performance Of The Commercial Campground Industry In Maine, Part: Ii Industry Conduct And Performance, Louis W. Pompi, George J. Seel

Bulletins

Tourism and recreation constitute a growing and important part of Maine's economy. During 1973, Maine's tourist industry accounted for nearly $259 million of direct expenditures by tourists who spent an estimated 22.5 million tourist days in the State (4, p.2). This business activity provided 6.5 percent of 1973 total employment for all industries in Maine and generated state government tax revenues of nearly $30 million or approximately 6 percent of all state revenues for that year (4, p. 3).

A recent study of tourism in Maine indicates that total business activity generated by that industry can be estimated using a …

B739: Structure, Conduct, And Performance Of The Commercial Campground Industry In Maine Part I: Industry Structure, Louis W. Pompi, George J. Seel

Bulletins

The major objective of this research was to assemble basic, quantitative data for Maine's commercial campground industry and to analyze these data for the purpose of providing a detailed description of the industry's organizational structure, conduct, and performance. A large amount of information was assembled and organized and has been presented in some detail in preceding sections. Major findings of the structural analysis and, where appropriate, conclusions are summarized below.

Tb37: Economic Analysis Of Camping-Oriented Recreation Firms: Part 2--Manual For Maine Outdoor Recreation Firm Simulation, Josef Grueter

Technical Bulletins

This manual provides a means for recording and directions for collecting information on a campground-oriented recreation firm, and preparing for computer input for purposes of business analysis and decision making.

Tb36: Economic Analysis Of Camping-Oriented Recreation Firms: Part 1--Simulation Of A Recreational Firm: Flow Chart And Computer Program, Josef Grueter

Technical Bulletins

This computer program simulates the economic activities associated with the establishment and operation of a camping-oriented recreation firm and is designed for purposes of business analysis and decision making. The simulation model was developed for and tested by the author on the IBM 360 model 40 do-system computer at the University of Maine's computing center.