Economic impact analysis can provide an estimate of economic activity in the winter tourism industry. We use IMPLAN (IMpact analysis for PLANning) to provide a “snapshot” of economic activity for a given moment in time, using economic multipliers. IMPLAN estimates employment, wages, and economic value added, and is discussed in greater detail below. In this section, we provide an overview of the assumptions and process used in the IMPLAN modeling.
The economic size (in terms of employment and economic value added) of the national winter tourism sports industry was determined by using the following methodology: