U.S. national park visitors in 2023 added a value of 6.78 billion U.S. dollars to the country's economy in 2023 through spending in lodging, the most of any of the main economic activities. Restaurants were the second largest activity, with 2.68 billion dollars in the same year.
Value added of national park visitor spending to the economy in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by economic activity
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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National Park Service. (August 31, 2024). Value added of national park visitor spending to the economy in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by economic activity (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220984/significance-of-spending-in-us-national-park-regions/
National Park Service. "Value added of national park visitor spending to the economy in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by economic activity (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220984/significance-of-spending-in-us-national-park-regions/
National Park Service. (2024). Value added of national park visitor spending to the economy in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by economic activity (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220984/significance-of-spending-in-us-national-park-regions/
National Park Service. "Value Added of National Park Visitor Spending to The Economy in The United States from 2012 to 2023, by Economic Activity (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220984/significance-of-spending-in-us-national-park-regions/
National Park Service, Value added of national park visitor spending to the economy in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by economic activity (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220984/significance-of-spending-in-us-national-park-regions/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Value added of national park visitor spending to the economy in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by economic activity (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], National Park Service, August 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/220984/significance-of-spending-in-us-national-park-regions/