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 fees. 



Additional support services and facilities may range from nothing 

 but access trails for wilderness areas to expensive resort type 

 communities with shopping, hotel or motel accomodations, and 

 restaurants. 



The activity on which the recreation area is based generally 

 determines the minimum support facility and service needs. Swim- 

 ming requires, in addition to beach, sanitary facilities and 

 life guards, as well as such items as food shops and beach equip- 

 ment rental booths. If the beach is extremely popular, motels, 

 specialty shops, and a whole spectrum of commercial enterprises 

 will develop. If boating is the prime activity, launching ramps, 

 marinas, and repair shops will be needed in addition to basic 

 sanitary facilities. If fishing is the prime activity, bait and 

 tackle shops are needed. It is evident that the extent of devel- 

 opment of support service is almost unlimited, depending on the 

 popularity of the recreational area (Figure IV. 2. 13). 



Just how the popularity or importance of a particular recreational 

 activity or area is measured presents another problem. Ideally, 

 the importance could be defined as the sum of all the individual 

 users' values. Since this figure is difficult if not impossible 

 to obtain, some index of use must be developed. Table IV. 2. 3 

 shows some possible indices of use and some of their characteristics, 



