North American Camping Report from Kampgrounds of America. KOA is a leading provider of developed campgrounds, with over 500 locations across North America.
The report found a greater diversity of campers last year than ever before, including gender and ethnicity, and found that the global pandemic was a driving force among first-time campers, especially those with children.Getty Images More LGBTQ+ households, especially those with children, reported going camping last year than any year prior.
According to KOA, 12 percent of responding same-sex households took a camping trip last year, up from 10 percent in 2019. Of those households, a whopping 61 percent went camping with children, compared to only 54 percent of other households.