outdoor_recreation_economy
Pack: bea-gov · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bea-gov/mcp
MARKET SIZE for outdoor recreation activities in US dollars, by activity and state — BEA’s Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account (official government statistics, not analyst estimates). Use for “how big is the hunting industry”, “fishing economy by state”, “which states have the largest outdoor recreation economy”, “value of the skiing industry”. Activities include hunting, shooting, fishing, boating, hiking/camping, equestrian, skiing/snow, bicycling, RVing, motorcycling/ATV, golf/tennis, guided tours, and the overall total. Returns value added (the activity’s contribution to GDP) per state for a year, ranked. IMPORTANT: birdwatching and wildlife WATCHING are not separate lines in this account — hunting and fishing are the only wildlife-related activities measured, so do not use this to size birding specifically. This tool wraps BEA table SAOACTVA so you do not have to know BEA table or line codes; for other BEA data use get_data.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
activity | string | no | Activity to size. Friendly names accepted: “total”, “hunting”, “shooting”, “fishing”, “boating”, “boating/fishing”, “hiking” (climbing/hiking/camping), “equestrian”, “bicycling”, “skiing”, “snow”, “rving”, “motorcycling”, “atv”, “golf”, “field sports”, “guided tours”, “amusement parks”, “festivals”, “flying”, “canoeing”, “sailing”, “gardening”. Default “total”. |
state | string | no | State name or 2-letter abbreviation (e.g. “Colorado” or “CO”) to return just that state. Omit for all 50 states + DC, ranked largest first. |
year | number | no | Data year (e.g. 2023). Defaults to the most recent published year. |
limit | number | no | Max states to return when no state filter is given (default 51). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bea-gov/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"outdoor_recreation_economy","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"bea-gov": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bea-gov/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.