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A new report finds that the had an economic impact of $87 million dollars and supported nearly a thousand local jobs in Northeast Ohio last year.
shows that two and a half million visitors spent money in areas like dining and lodging.
That鈥檚 up 200,000 visitors.
The park鈥檚 community engagement supervisor Pamela Barnes says the increase is likely due to more millennials visiting national parks around the country.
鈥淲e had the 鈥楩ind Your Park鈥� campaign for the National Park Service Centennial in 2016. We estimate that we reached 1 in 3 millennials and people of that age group are representing park visitation more and more.鈥�
Barnes also says that out-of-town visitors are on the rise.
