2. UNITED STATES ALASKA ALABAMA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT FLORIDA GEORGIA ILLINOIS INDIANA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANNA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS

3. UNITED STATES MICHIGAN MISSOURI MISSISSIPPI MONTANA NORTH CAROLINA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW YORK OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSAVANIA SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH

4. UNITED STATES VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA VERMONT WASHIGTON WISCONSIN

7. Countries ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BRAZIL CANADA CHECK REPUBLIC ENGLAND FINLAND GERMANY LATVIA MEXICO NETHERLANDS POLAND RUSSIA SCOTLAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND UNITED STATES

9. ECONOMIC IMPACT

10. 2006 – ATTENDANCE - 19,355 2007 - ATTENDANCE - 25,684 DIRECT REVENUE - $84,743 2008 - ATTENDANCE - 27,739 DIRECT REVENUE - $92,594

11. ECONOMIC IMPACT 2009 – ATTENDANCE 34,233 DIRECT REVENUE - $108,635 DIRECT EI REVENUE - $1,725,577 INCREASED SALES TAX - $120,790 JOBS CREATED - 34.5 (MGM) NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE

12. ECONOMIC IMPACT CAVE DIVERS

14. ATTENDANCE 742 DIFFERENT DIVERS (SINCE MAY) 13 FROM JACKSON CO 2% 217 IN STATE (FLORIDA) 30% LOS 1-3 435 OUT OF STATE 57% LOS 2-3 90 OUT OF COUNTRY 13% LOS 5-7

15. ECONOMIC IMPACT CAVE DIVERS AVERAGE AGE 45.8 AVERAGE INCOME $102,430 AVERAGE DEGREE B.S. SEX 87% MALE MARITAL STATUS 74% MARRIED TRAVEL COSTS $679