As far as recreational outdoor activities go, motorcycling is high up there. 
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Motorcycling, ATV riding, and side-by-side driving are among the country?s five largest traditional or conventional outdoor recreation activities, when ranked by economic output, according to data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
This was the first time that the BEA provided preliminary data on economic contribution in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, demonstrating how important outdoor recreation is to both local business as well as the nation?s gross domestic product.
And, it?s a growth sector.
According to the BEA release, its Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account ?shows that inflation-adjusted (real) GDP for the outdoor recreation economy grew by 3.9 percent in 2017, faster than the 2.4 percent growth of the overall U.S. economy. Real gross output, compensation, and employment all grew faster in outdoor recreation than for the economy as a whole.? The bureau defines ?conventional? outdoor recreation as activities done for pleasure, such as camping, hiking, hunting, and fishing, and involving some physical effort.
The Five Largest Conventional Outdoor Recreation Activities by Economic Output

?We have long known that motorcycling, ATV riding and side-by-side driving are major contributors to the economy, to our country?s GDP, in so many ways,? said Tim Buche, president and CEO of the Motorcycle Industry Council. ?We boost local economi...