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2. Please provide the following estimates of how any money received will result in <br />increases in the number of people traveling for business or pleasure on a trip: <br />I. Away from their place of residence or business and staying overnight in <br />paid accommodations; <br />II. To a place fifty miles or more away from their place of residence or <br />business for the day or staying overnight; or <br />III. From another country or state outside of their place of residence or <br />business. <br />You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections. <br />We estimate that more than 90% of our attendees will be tourists coming from more than 50 miles <br />away and that 90% of them will stay in overnight paid accommodations (mostly campgrounds and <br />RV parks in the Canyon). We estimate that of those tourists at least 20% of them will be from out <br />of state or Country. <br />The evidence we use for these estimates is from a survey of birders visiting the Yakima River <br />Canyon Scenic Byway we conducted in 2014. <br />Because of that survey, we know that birders visiting the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway are <br />split equally between males and females with an average age of 61 years old and over. The <br />majority of respondents lived in Western Washington (King, Pierce, Skagit, and Snohomish <br />Counties) with an income between $100,000 and $149,000. <br />Birders that participated in the survey said that they typically travel about 100 miles, but will travel <br />between 100 miles and 500 miles to seek out great birding opportunities that have a wide variety <br />and rare bird species. Several survey respondents take yearly trips out of state or country for <br />birding experiences. When traveling for birding excursions away from home, most stay overnight <br />for approximately 2 nights in a motel/hotel. The majority of birders who took this survey said that <br />they have been to the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway for birding excursions. What they like <br />best about the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway is the variety and number of birds that show up <br />due to the diversity of habitat. <br />We also base our projections on use statistics that we receive from the Bureau of Land <br />Management about their recreation sites in the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway. Recently <br />released use survey numbers show a steady and significant use pattern in the Canyon (see chart <br />below). <br />County -wide Lodging Tax Application P a g e 113 <br />