In 2012, more than nine in ten people who had visited national parks strongly felt that the parks were meant to be enjoyed by future generations as much as by people today, and nearly 80% would miss national parks if they were gone, among people who had not visited a park, both shares were lower. In 2012, about half of the interviewed park visitors strongly supported the use of taxpayer money for the creation of new parks, compared to 40% of people who had never visited a park. About 80% of visitors were also in favour of using public funds to maintain existing national parks, compared to about half of non-visitors.