• National Parks - MGM2
• Tourism Satellite Accounts
• Michigan Recreation and Tourism - MITEIM
• Other Reports
• Manuals and Software
• MGM2 - recent update of National Park Service's Money Generation Model
• MITEIM - spreadsheet model for Travel Michigan
• MIREC - our older system, works with DOS version of IMPLAN
• Training Bulletins

National Parks – Application of MGM2 Model – MGM2 Website

•  Stynes, Daniel J. 2002. Economic Impacts of National Parks - Estimates for 2001, Selected Parks
• Stynes, Daniel J. 2002. Economic Impacts of National Parks on Gateway Communities; Summary of MGM2 Shortform Analyses. NPS Parks    Appendix
•  Propst, Dennis B., Daniel J. Stynes and Ya-Yen Sun. 2002. Economic Impacts of Visitors to Badlands National Park, 2000. Badlands NP:
•  Stynes, Daniel J.2002. Economic Impacts of Great Smoky Mt. National Park Visitors on the Local Region. Great Smoky Mtns. NP
•  Stynes, Daniel J., Dennis B. Propst and Ya-Yen Sun. 2001. Economic Impact of Visitors to Olympic National Park, 2000. Olympic NP
•  Sun, Ya-Yen, Daniel J. Stynes, and Dennis B. Propst. Economic Impacts of Visitors to Mount Rainier National Park, 2001 Mount Rainier NP:
•  Stynes, Daniel J., Ya-Yen Sun and  Dennis B. Propst. 2002. Economic Impacts of Visitors to Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, 2000.   Gettysburg NMP (Contact park for this report).
•  Stynes, D.J. 2000. Economic impacts of Women's Rights NHP on Seneca County. East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University. Women's Rights National Historical Park
• MGM2 Model: Stynes, D.J., Propst, D.B., Chang, W.H., and Sun, Y. 2000. Estimating regional economic impacts of park visitor spending: Money Generation Model Version 2 (MGM2). East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University. (See MGM2 website)

Tourism Satellite Accounts

• Michigan Statewide TSA: Stynes, D. J. 2002. Michigan Statewide Tourism Spending and Economic Impact Estimates. 1998-2000. Working Draft, January 2002. Download DRAFT report as PDF.
•  TSA Approach: Stynes, D.J. 2001. Estimating economic impacts of tourist spending on local regions, A comparison of satellite and survey/I-O approaches. Proceedings Censtates TTRA Annual Meeting, Lisle Illinois Sept 19-21, 2001. pp 209-218. PDF
•  Lansing CVB: Stynes, D.J. 2001. Economic impacts of tourism on Greater Lansing Area Economy. Report to Greater Lansing CVB. June, 2001. East Lansing, MI: Department ofPark, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University. Lansing CVB Satellite
•  Marquette CVB: Stynes, D.J. 2001. Economic impacts of tourism on Marquette County, MI. . Paper presented at UPTRA Tourism Conference,Marquette, May 2001, East Lansing, MI: Department ofPark, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University. Marquette
• Other County Tourism Impact Reports for 2000-2001
• Shiawassee
• Livingston
• Washtenaw

Michigan Recreation & Tourism Studies

• GRAM : Stynes, D.J. 2002. Economic Impacts of the Grand Rapids Art Museum on the Local Economy; The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit. Report to Grand Rapids Art Museum, March 2002.Download Acrobat Version of Final GRAM Report.
• Winery Tourism: Mahoney, E.;, Holecek, D.; Stynes, D.; Rummel, T.; Kim, M; Kim, S. and Chang, T. A marketing and economic analysis of Michigan’s Wine Industry and Winery Tourism. East Lansing, MI: Department ofPark, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.
• Downhill Ski: Stynes, D.J. and Sun, Ya Yen. 2001. Economic impacts of Michigan Downhill Skiers and Snowboarders, 2000-01. East Lansing, MI: Department ofPark, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.Downhill Ski Report, 2000-01,  Executive Summary
• Rail-Trails: Nelson, C., Vogt, C.,Lynch, J., and Stynes, D. 2001. Rail-Trails And Special Events: Community And Economic Benefits. Paper presented at Northeast Recreation Research Symposium.
• Golf : Stynes, D.J., Sun, Y. and Talhelm, D. 2000. Michigan golf tourists - Economic impacts. East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University. Golf Report, 2000
• ORV Users:Nelson, C. Lynch, J. and Stynes, D. 2000. Michigan licensed off-road vehicle use and users: 1989-99.East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University. 
• ORV Trail Users: Stynes, D.J. 2000. Economic impacts of spending on ORV trail riding trips. East Lansing, MI: Department ofPark, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.
• Tandem Bike Rally: Vogt, C., Nelson, C. Stynes, D. & Fridgen, J. 2000. Midwest tandem rally and its participants: A focus on Midland county's Pere Marquette Rail-Trail. East Lansing, MI: Dept. of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.Tandem Bike Rally -1999
• Michigander Bike Ride: Vogt, C., Nelson, C. Stynes, D. & Fridgen, J. 2000. Michigander Bike Ride and its participants East Lansing, MI: Dept. of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.Michigander Bike Event -1999
• Welcome Center Visitors: Vogt, C.A., Pennington-Gray, L., Xu, X.M., Stynes, D.J.,Fridgen, J.D. 1999. A survey ofTravel Michigan Welcome Center Visitors. East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.121 pp. 1998 Michigan State Welcome Center Visitor Survey (HTML)
•  Eastern UP Tourism: Stynes, D.J. 1999.Economic impacts of tourism in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula. Chapter4c. In The Role of Natural Resources in Community and Regional Economic Stability in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, M. McDonough et. al. East Lansing, MI: Mich. Agr. Expmt. Sta. Research Report 568. Eastern UP  PDF
• Snowmobilers: Stynes, D.J. Lynch, J.T. Nelson, C.N. 1998. State and regional economic impacts of snowmobiling in Michigan. East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University Snowmobile PDF file
• Pere Marquette River Users: Nelson, C.N. Johnson, P. Stynes, D.J. 1998. Estimated fall 1996 and spring 1997 recreation use of the Pere Marquette wild and scenic river corridor from selected public access sites. East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.
•  Venetian Festival: Mahoney, E.M. Stynes, D.J. Mayo, A. 1998.Venetian Festival Visitor Survey. East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.
•  Boating : Stynes, D.J. Wu, T.C. Mahoney, E.M. 1998. 1994Michigan Boating Survey. Clean Vessel Act/Michigan Boating Study, 1994-95 Report 2. East Lansing, MI:Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report #549. 66pp.Main Report   Appendix Tables 
•  Michigan State Parks: Stynes, D..J. 1998. State and Regional Economic Impacts of Michigan State Park Visitors. Report to Michigan DNR and Public Policy Assoc. State Parks  PDF
• Seasonal Homes: Stynes, D.J., Zheng, J., Stewart, S.I. 1997. Seasonal homes and natural resources: Patterns of use and impact in Michigan. Gen. Tech. Report NC-94. St. Paul, MN: North Central Forest Experiment Station. 39pp.1995 Michigan Seasonal home study report (HTML)
•  Lakes States Recreation and Tourism: Stynes, D.J. 1997. Recreation activity and tourism spending in the Lake States. In. Lake states regional forest assessment: Technical papers. J. Vasievich and H. Webster (eds).Gen. Tech. Report NC-189. St. Paul, MN: North Central Forest Experiment Station. 39pp

Reports for other Federal Agencies (USDA Forest Service and USACE)

• Stynes, Daniel J.,and White, Eric.2002. Spending Profiles of National Forest Visitors. Report to USDA Forest Service, Draft April 1, 2002. 
• Stynes, Daniel J. 2002. Discussion Paper; NVUM spending data and USDA Forest Service recreation economic impact protocols. Draft, April 1, 2002.
•  Stynes, D.J. Chang, W.H. Propst, D.B. 1998. National economic impacts of CE recreation visitor spending: An update for 1996. East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University
• Propst, D.B. Stynes, D.J. Chang, W.H. Jackson, R.S.1998. Estimating the local economic impacts of recreation atCorps of Engineers projects - 1996. Technical Report R-98-1. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station.

1996 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Impacts of Recreation Visitor Spending Download PDF file

You can also download Excel files described in above report that compute spending and economic impacts of recreation activity for any CE project using the 1996 NRMS database; spending, party size and length of stay parameters estmated from surveys; and multipliers estimated using IMPLAN.  There are two versions of the workbook. Select the file to download it.

CEMGM.XLS : is the basic fill-in form described in the above report. (77K)

   CEMGMMAC.XLS : includes macros to paste in data from 1996 NRMS database. The file includes the 1996 NRMS database variables for all 456 CE projects, and a set of multipliers for 108 projects  (267K).

Download the Excel workbook and open it in Excel. The CEMGMMAC.XLS workbook has several macros, so you will need to select the "enable macros" button when opening the workbook. Spending estimates are based on visitation data reported in the 1996 NRMS database.

 1996 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Local Impacts for 456 CE Projects

Download Main Report as PDF

Appendix 1 - Local impacts for 456 projects

Appendix 2 - Multipliers for 108 projects

Appendix 3 - Worksheet for estmating economic impacts

• MGM2 Model:Stynes, D.J., Propst, D.B., Chang, W.H., and Sun, Y. 2000. Estimating regional economic impacts of park visitor spending: Money Generation Model Version 2 (MGM2). East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University. 
• MITEIM Model: Stynes, D.J. 2000. Michigan tourism spending and economic impact model (MITEIM). East Lansing, MI: Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.
• MGM2Operate: Stynes, D.J. 2001. MGM2Operate: User Manual. http://web4.canr.msu.edu/mgm2/MGM2Operate.pdf

  Bulletins on Concepts and Methods

2. Approaches to Estimating the Economic Impacts of Tourism. Some Examples. This bulletin goes into greater detail on specific methods for estimating economic impacts of tourism. Three examples are presented to cover a range of approaches. Examples include a slightly modified version of a simple fill-in form developed by the National Park Service (The Money Generation Model), an intermediate approach of the Bureau of Economic Analysis that uses published sector-specific multipliers and illustrates margining issues, and our own MI-REC system that includes a spreadsheet spending model and the IMPLAN input-output modeling system. Concepts and methods introduced in the first bulletin are illustrated via these examples.Download PDF file

3. Guidelines for Measuring Visitor Spending. This bulletin provides guidelines for conducting visitor spending surveys. The paper focuses especially on the key requirements when spending surveys are gathering data to be used in an economic impact assessment. Segmentation strategies are recommended. Suggested survey designs, sampling procedures, and a survey instrument are included. Download PDF file

4. Overview of Tourism Multipliers.(HTML)