Tourism & Parks in Alabama

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$501,973,752
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
214,283
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Tuskegee Institute, Russell Cave and Horseshoe Bend
67,218
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$501,973,752
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
16,540
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$501,973,752▲ 70%

BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Alabama, private ownership, annual average, NAICS 7211, total annual wages (an indicator of visitor activity, not total spending).

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
16,540▲ 6%

BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Alabama, private ownership, annual average, NAICS 7211.

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
214,283
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
214,283▲ 101%

BLS Current Employment Statistics, annual average (FRED ALLEIH).

National Parks

Recreation visits to Tuskegee Institute, Russell Cave and Horseshoe Bend
67,218
2025 · National Park Service
TUIN recreation visits
8,659
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Tuskegee Institute, Russell Cave and Horseshoe Bend

1990–2025
67,218▼ 87%

National Park Service, IRMA Visitor Use Statistics (recreation visits, calendar year).

TUIN recreation visits

1990–2025
8,659▼ 98%

National Park Service, IRMA Visitor Use Statistics (recreation visits, calendar year).