The vast majority of activities are experiencing growth - the fastest being birdwatching, day hiking, backpacking and driving off road. The only activies that have actually lost popularity are sailing, cross-country skiing, ice skating outdoors and tennis outdoors.
Please note another blog in the outdoor recreation category that shows much more volatility in the first decade of the 21st century (using NSRE data as well).
Activity |
'82-'83 |
'94-'95 |
'99-'01 |
'05-'09 |
% change |
walk for pleasure view/photography birds attend outdoor sport events day hiking outdoor concerts/plays visit nature centres swimming (lakes, streams) sightseeing bicycling running or jogging picnicking boating driving for pleasure drive off-road developed camping swimming in outdoor pool motorboating outdoor team sports fishing primitive camping canoeing or kayaking backpacking golf sledding horseback riding hunting downhill skiing waterskiing snowmobiling sailing cross country skiing ice skating outdoors tennis outdoors |
53.0 12.0 40.0 14.0 25.0 50.0 32.0 46.0 32.0 26.0 48.0 28.0 48.0 11.0 17.0 43.0 19.0 24.0 34.0 10.0 8.0 5.0 13.0 10.0 9.0 12.0 6.0 9.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 6.0 17.0 |
68,8 27.0 49.0 26.6 35.2 55.1 43.4 58.4 38.7 28.2 55.7 37.8 na 17.8 23.1 49.2 29.6 29.1 35.0 15.6 9.5 8.4 17.3 13.7 10.3 12.5 11.3 11.3 4.8 6.0 4.4 7.1 14.0 |
82.4 31.8 50.8 32.4 40.9 56.7 41.4 50.8 39.6 32.9 54.9 36.3 50.3 17.4 26.4 41.7 24.3 22.9 34.2 15.9 11.5 10.4 16.7 15.1 9.7 11.1 8.6 8.0 5.5 5.1 3.8 6.7 10.5 |
84.1 34.9 52.4 32.6 36.5 55.1 40.7 50.5 39.2 34.5 50.9 35.6 48.8 20.0 24.1 43.1 23.3 26.9 33.8 14.2 12.4 9.8 14.3 11.6 9.7 11.5 6.4 8.3 3.8 4.5 2.1 4.2 9.7 |
111.3 287.0 74.4 209.9 94.2 46.7 69.4 46.1 62.9 76.5 41.1 68.9 35.3 141.9 88.8 33.4 63.0 49.3 32.2 89.6 105.8 160.9 46.5 54.9 43.6 27.9 42.3 23.1 67.3 -1.0 -5.8 -7.7 -24.4 |
Source: Ken Cordell, Carter Betz and Gary Green, 'Nature-based Outdoor Recreation Trends and Wilderness', International Journal of Wilderness (August 2008, Volume 14, Number 2) - using data from the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment, USDA Forest Service and University of Georgia)
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