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Table Seven <br />The Impact MuMpliers for the Virginia Horse Center <br />Output Multiplier Earnings Multiplier Employment <br />Multiplier <br />State of Virginia 2.48 0.95 43.54 <br />Lexington -R -bridge 1.88 0.72 145.79 _ <br />In the mid -1990's an input-output model forthe,combined Kittitas and Yakima Counties <br />was developed by one of the authors of this present study in order'to estimate the. <br />impacts of the operation of a fish hatchery, also located next to the City of Cie Eium. <br />The direct to indirect impact multipliers for this hatchery study (1.6 for jobs and 1.8 for <br />earnings) were very close to the 1.88 multipliers of the Virginia study: This is not <br />surprising in view of the facts that the two county area has approximately the same <br />population as the Lexington -Rockbridge area, and that most of the spending associated <br />with the hatchery - expenditures by recreational fishers - impacted the hotel, restaurant, <br />camping and retail foods sectors, as did most of the expenditures by horse park visitors. <br />In both cases about 90% of expenditures impact these tourism sectors. Accordingly, <br />the sectorial multipliers for the state of Virginia study are deemed appropriate for direct <br />application as to the impact of the horse park upon the State of Washington. <br />Table Eight <br />Impact Multipliers for Washington State acrd Kittitas County <br />39 <br />Direct Expenditures to Total <br />Employment Muifiplier <br />Spending Multiplier <br />Jobs/Million $ of Direct <br />Expenditures <br />Washington State <br />2.48 <br />20 <br />KM!tas County <br />1.15 <br />16 <br />39 <br />