Profiles and Economic Contribution: General Visitors to Broward County, Florida 2000-2001

摘要

This report is based on a survey of the General Visitor population of Broward County conducted as part of the 'Socioeconomic Study of Reefs in Southeast Florida'. The Reef Study was a multi-agency partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the four counties of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe. Visitors to Broward County were defined as all those that were not permanent residents of Broward County. Under this definition, visitors to Broward County include residents of neighboring counties and seasonal visitors, as well as people on business trips or those just passing through. In this report, we provide a profile of the General Visitor population of Broward County and provide estimates of the economic contribution that visitors make to the Broward County economy. Expenditures by visitors are limited to those trip expenditures made in Broward County. Economic contribution is measured as value added, output/sales, income, number of full and part-time jobs, and indirect business taxes in Broward County only. Economic contribution was estimated using the input-output model IMPLAN.