Tourism & Parks in Arizona

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,991,081,021
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
368,625
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest and Saguaro national parks
5,594,353
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,991,081,021
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
44,339
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$1,991,081,021▲ 67%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
44,339▲ 5%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
368,625
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
368,625▲ 131%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest and Saguaro national parks
5,594,353
2025 · National Park Service
GRCA recreation visits
4,430,653
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest and Saguaro national parks

1990–2025
5,594,353▲ 5%

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

GRCA recreation visits

1990–2025
4,430,653▲ 17%

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