Tag: Outdoor Recreation Industry
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Denver’s new Outside Festival showcasing state’s outdoor recreation industry set for June
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A new, large outdoor recreation festival is coming to Denver in June, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The two-day Outside Festival highlighting Colorado’s outdoor recreation industry will be hosted at Civic Center Park from June 1-2. It’s the city’s newest event for outdoor recreation after the industry’s largest trade show, Outdoor Retailer, left Denver in 2022…
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Outdoor recreation in Colorado, U.S. shines during pandemic
Despite pandemic shutdowns, the outdoor recreation industry’s economic impact nationwide grew by more than $228.2 billion from 2019 to 2020, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Tuesday. Outdoor recreation generated more than $688 billion in economic output, accounted for 3% of U.S. employees and is estimated to create 4.3 million jobs, according to the report.…