Thursday, January 30, 2025

The Economic Value of Beaches (Art and Economics)

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In The Economic Value of America's Beaches there are some interesting stats on return on beach investment. There are places where beaches have encouraged increased economic activity like tourism, dining, and aquatic products. 

You can read The economic value of America’s beaches.

-Beach tourism 240 million

-3.4 billion visits per year

$3,000 in economic output, $1,400 in direct spending, and $200 in taxes for every $1 spent 

-$36 billion in taxes is generated from beaches.

Let us also consider that beaches also provide soft benefits such as a healthy outdoor lifestyle, family connection, community engagement, and appreciation for the outdoors. 

In case your wondering about the painting. It is a hobby and while I don't consider myself particularly skilled at it I do like to find a purpose for it.  Original Painting and what it looks like on a cup. You can purchase if interested. More or less this is for fun. 

Houston, J. (Spring 2024). The economic value of America’s beaches. Shore & Beach, 92 (4) https://asbpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/92_2_houston_color.pdf


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