This paper addresses a series of study objectives, starting with (1) the delineation of tourism/recreation activities and providers, (2) the identification of appropriate indicators for measuring economic impact, and (3) the preparation of alternate analytical frameworks for assessing national, regional, and local implications of supply-side economic impacts of tourism/recreation activities. Included, also, among these objectives is (4) the specification of the essential attributes of a public information system for servicing the decision information needs of recreation resource managers.