BAR HARROR ( AP) — A new study from the National Park Service shows visitors to eastern Maine’s Acadia National Park spent more than $186 million in the park and surrounding towns in 2010.
The new report examined the economic benefits that the nation’s 395 national parks brought to their communities during the year.
Of the $186 million total, more than $183 million came from people who did not live locally, resulting in nearly 3,150 local jobs. On top of that, the report says Acadia National Park employees and affiliated jobs from the park’s payroll accounted for another 190 jobs.
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