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The Economic Value of the Outdoors in SA $469 Million

Posted on November 14, 2018May 12, 2022

$865 million is spent each year on nature-based outdoor activities in South Australia. This expenditure makes a $469 million contribution to the state’s economy

Showing the Economic Value of the Outdoors in SA with SkillsIQ

Outdoors SA has long advocated for information on the economic value of our outdoors sector to the South Australian economy. This request has finally been realised with the release of the South Australia’s Nature-based Outdoor Economy Report from esteemed economists of Marsden Jacobs and SkillsIQ.

This report shows that the South Australian nature-based outdoor activity sector is a larger part of the South Australian economy than most of us realise. Around $865 million is spent each year on nature-based outdoor activities in South Australia. This expenditure makes a $469 million contribution to the state’s economy and supports around 8,100 direct and indirect full-time equivalent jobs.

Many nature-based outdoor activities support regional economies by shifting expenditure from urban to regional towns and cities and rural areas.

Nature-based outdoor activities provide avoided healthcare system cost benefits to the South Australian economy worth at least $76 million a year, and $148 million in other recreation benefits for people living in South Australia

See all the Marsden Jacobs Outdoors Economic Reports here.

South Australia’s Nature Based Outdoor Economy

South Australia’s Nature Based Outdoor Economy

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