Visitors to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve contributed more than $6 million to local economies and supported 96 jobs in 2010 according to a recent report issued by the National Park Service. Statewide visitors to Idaho's 6 national parks contributed more than $20 million to local economies and supported 312 jobs. Nationally visitors to the National Park System contributed more than $31 billion to local economies and supported 258,000 jobs.
The entire National Park Service report which includes information on visitor spending by park and by state, is online at:
https://www.nature.nps.gov/socialscience/products.cfm#MGM
click Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation and Payroll, 2010.
For more state-by-state information on national parks and how the National Park Service is working with communities go to www.nps.gov/STATE, for example:
https://www.nps.gov/idaho
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
