Trails are highly desirable destinations for an increasing number of people.
Trail users need food, lodging and sometimes fuel. They also need special clothes, shoes and equipment for running, hiking, biking, skiing, skating, horseback riding and snowmobiling. Many of them buy souvenirs and other items during the trip, or combine the trail experience with another type of revenue-generating activity. The figure for Florida's Tallahassee-St. Considering that Americans used rail-trails 85 million times in 1993, communities that have responded to trail users have profited generously.