Yellowstone County

Niche News: Nonresident Visitor Profiles

RR 75
Regional Nonresident Spending in Montana
Author: Kim McMahon
March 2000, 58 pp., $16.00
Analysis of 1998 nonresident travel spending in Montana for the counties of Cascade, Custer, Flathead, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Richland, Silver Bow and Yellowstone. Also includes analysis of spending in Great Falls, Miles City, Kalispell, Bozeman, Helena, Missoula, Sidney, Butte, and Billings. Data includes total spending, distribution of spending by sector, length of stay in Montana, per capita spending, and summer trip characteristics of visitor age, travel group type, accommodations used, and visitor origin for each geographical location.

TCR91-4
Travel and Tourism in Yellowstone County:
Toward Understanding Its Significance
Authors: Stephen F. McCool and Neal A. Christensen
May 1991, 19 pp., $10.00
Presents results which develop increased awareness of the significance of the travel, tourism, and recreation industry in Yellowstone County to provide direction for choosing alternative development, promotion, and planning options. Statewide trends as well as local travel statistics and characteristics are summarized.

Billings

RR 2002-11
An Economic Impact Assessment of the American Bowling Congress Tournament in Billings, 2002
Author: Thale Dillon
October 2002, 27pp., $12.00
Findings discussed in this report include geographic residences of participants, group size and average length of stay, type of accommodations used, mode of transportation used in travel to Billings, parts of Montana visited outside Billings and participants' spending patterns. It also provides an account of the ABC Tournament's economic impact on Yellowstone County and an assessment of the impact on areas beyond the host city.

Laurel

RR53
Montana Communities Explore Tourism Potential
Powder River County, Laurel, and Hill County, MT
Authors: Paul L. Grant, Norma P. Nickerson, Rita J. Black
November, 1997, 86 pp., $21.00
As part of the Community Tourism Assessment Process (CTAP) of 1997, the residents of Powder River County, Laurel, and Hill County were surveyed to determine their opinions toward tourism development in their respective communities. The results were compared to a sample of statewide respondents.