As I start making bookings for a genealogy trip to Ireland in October I was interested to read an article in the New York Times, A Personal Sort of Time Travel: Ancestry Tourism by Amy Zipkin.
Almost in passing the article includes the information that "In 2012, Global Industry Analysts, a market research company in San Jose, Calif., estimated the global market for genealogical products and services at $2.3 billion in 2014, rising to $4.3 billion by 2018." That's less that a dollar per person on a global basis -- you do more than your fair share!
A quick Google search found that the golf equipment market is worth $8.7 billion annually globally. That's a strike against the idea that genealogy is the second most popular hobby.
Thanks to Patricia Barlosky, formerly of the OPL, for bringing the NYT item to my attention.
08 August 2016
Ancestry Tourism
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well there are some of us contributing to the health of the genealogy and golf industries. When I'm not doing one I'm working on the other.
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