Economic Impact of Florida's Recreational Boating Industry in 1985

摘要

The report presents key descriptive measures of the 1985 economic impact of the recreational boating industry in Florida using secondary data available from industry associations and state and federal agencies. The use of these secondary data as economic indicators is the only available method of assessing growth in Florida's recreational boating industry without resorting to new primary data collection efforts. The report includes an overview of activity associated with the five sectors of the recreational boating industry in Florida. The first section describes trends in recreational boat registrations and estimated changes in total retail sales, employment, and output by sector. The second section provides an estimate of the 1985 economic activity for each sector using alternative estimation techniques.