Travelling with friends to new courses is the best disc golf to me. Start when we want, play at our own pace, that is what i call relaxing.
(For the OP).....on the other hand, I think people like Tripper shouldn't be discounted when making presentations to local governments. How many people from out of town are likely to visit? I bet it's far more than they'd guess. And every locality likes out-of-town visitors bringing in money, even if it's in small amounts, and seeing their town.
I play a course with very light usage. The numbers would impress no one. But the places people have come from astonishes me.