Visitors to the Cromwell Top 10 Holiday Park camping ground during December and January generated an estimated $1 million for the local economy, a survey has found.
Central Otago District Council business development manager Jonathan Gadd presented a report about the survey and a subsequent economic impact assessment to the Cromwell Community Board this week.
Mr Gadd's written report focused on 99 survey forms completed by visitors to the camping ground. He said a total of 6131 people stayed at the camp during December and January, 358, or 5.8%, of whom were represented by the completed survey forms.
Those people spent $140,000 in Cromwell during their stay.
Mr Gadd said almost $1 million would have been generated from all campers, taking into account multiplier and flow-on effects of spending.
About 10 full-time equivalent jobs were also created by the campers, he said.
Most popular activities identified by survey respondents included boating, mountain biking, walking, fishing, golfing and swimming.
• The board resolved to remit half of Old Cromwell Inc's $7039 development contributions from the organisation's ongoing upgrade of the Old Cromwell Town historic precinct.
Old Cromwell Inc is a non-profit organisation and the board agreed to follow suit on two previous resolutions it had made in relation to requests for development contributions remissions.
Barnardos Early Learning Centre and Cromwell Early Learning Centre previously applied for remissions, of which 50% were granted.
