Report: New Outdoor Participants Were More Diverse in 2020—With Some Caveats
Already have an account? Photo: Pixabay / Nappy.co / Public Domain The pandemic brought a lot of new hikers, bikers, and paddlers into outdoor spaces in 2020. Now, a new report from a major industry group suggests that these newcomers were also more likely to be female, non-white, and from urban areas than the existing outdoor recreation community. According to the Outdoor Industry Association’s New Outdoor Participant report for 2020, people who tried outdoor activities for the first time were about 9 percent more likely to be female and 7 percent more likely to be from an urban area. The...
Source: backpacker.com