Download the 2023 National Park Service Visitor Spending Effects Report (PDF - 1.69 MB).

This interactive tool is a collaboration between the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey and displays results from the Visitor Spending Effects report series. Economic contributions of National Park Service visitor spending are displayed at the national, state, and local levels.

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Economic Contributions to the National Economy

In 2023, 325 million park visitors spent an estimated $26.4 billion in local gateway regions while visiting National Park Service lands across the country. These expenditures supported a total of 415 thousand jobs, $19.4 billion in labor income, $32.0 billion in value added, and $55.6 billion in economic output in the national economy.
JavaScript chart by amCharts 3.12.0$26.4 billion in Visitor SpendingJS chart by amCharts




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Total Visitor Spending (All Parks)