This statistic shows a 2017 survey question which asks American respondents why they took their first camping trip. 32 percent of respondents chose to take their first camping trip because they 'thought it would be fun'.
Which influenced you to take your first camping trip?*
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Outdoor Foundation. (October 13, 2017). Which influenced you to take your first camping trip?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/798133/reasons-of-first-camping-trip-us/
Outdoor Foundation. "Which influenced you to take your first camping trip?*." Chart. October 13, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/798133/reasons-of-first-camping-trip-us/
Outdoor Foundation. (2017). Which influenced you to take your first camping trip?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/798133/reasons-of-first-camping-trip-us/
Outdoor Foundation. "Which Influenced You to Take Your First Camping Trip?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/798133/reasons-of-first-camping-trip-us/
Outdoor Foundation, Which influenced you to take your first camping trip?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/798133/reasons-of-first-camping-trip-us/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Which influenced you to take your first camping trip?* [Graph], Outdoor Foundation, October 13, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/798133/reasons-of-first-camping-trip-us/