H o w C A M P E R S A R E c a m p i n g
Accommodations
Tents continued to be the primary type of camping accommodation in 2018, with almost
60 percent of campers, overall, identifying as tenters.
By contrast, new campers report that they are much less likely to stay in tents, with nearly 60 percent
of new campers in 2018 staying in cabins, recreational vehicles or other accommodations. In 2015,
just over 50 percent of new campers reported that tents were their primary accommodation.
In fact, cabins have increased in popularity among almost all campers, not only those new to
camping, including millennials (from 14 percent in 2016 to 21 percent in 2018), Gen X (from 16 to
22 percent), and Baby Boomer campers (from 22 to 33 percent).
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