Mapping Visitor Expenditures: Preliminary Data from AVSP IV

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Mapping Visitor ExpendituresPreliminary Data
from AVSP IV

• Steve Colt, Institute of Social and Economic
  Research
• Forest Service Recreation Workshop
• Anchorage
• 1 April 2003

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Context

• Pilot Project for Geographic Information Network
  of Alaska (GINA), Natural and Social Systems
  Node
• Funded by University of Alaska Foundation through
  UA Office of the President

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Raw Data

• About 4,000 diaries given out
• About 20 response rate
• About 36,000 individual expenditures, which we
  aggregated into
• About 300 locations with total expenditures at
  each.
• location is a tricky concept when applied to
  visitor expenditures

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Coding Steps

• Cleaning misspellings, abbreviations, etc.
• Editing assigning standardized locations
• Brooks camp ? Katmai National Park
• Westerdam ? Cruise Ship
• Rivers Edge ? Fairbanks RV

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Coding Steps

• Economic vs. Activity Impact
• Econ where money was spent
• Activity where activity took place
• Example Kenai Fjords Tour
• Econ impact Seward
• Activity impact Kenai Fjords NP
• Land, Water, Air Corridors
• Eg, PLANE_ANC_FAI
• Eg, SEWARD_HIGHWAY

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Mapping Steps

• Aggregation in SPSS
• About 200 Economic Locations
• About 300 Activity Locations
• DNR Base Maps
• Geocoding and Creation of Legends

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Example Economic Impact - Towns
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Example Spending in Corridors
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Next Steps

• Use correct weights for full population
• Individual Itineraries, Typical Itineraries
• Resolve Scale Issues
• Spatial Analysis
• Of What ?
• Merge with Natural Systems Data