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Article: Maine-based Bar Harbor Camping Resorts' $4.5 Million Renovation Responds to Growing RV Population.
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- May 30, 2007
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BAR HARBOR, Maine, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent Recreation Vehicle Industry Association study, more than 7 million U.S. families own RVs. That number is expected to grow to 8 million by 2010 as baby boomers age into their prime RV-buying years -- ten percent of all Americans 55 and older are RV owners.
Add RV renters to the mix -- the RV rental business is now a $350-million-a-year enterprise -- and the number of RVers across the U.S. jumps to 30 million. This group travels an average of 4,500 miles and 30 days a year.
So, it's no wonder that campground owners are expanding and sprucing their facilities to meet the demand.
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