Tourism & Parks in Georgia

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,768,501,977
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
518,425
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Chickamauga, Chattahoochee River and Kennesaw Mountain
5,053,221
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,768,501,977
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
44,661
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$1,768,501,977▲ 80%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
44,661▲ 8%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
518,425
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
518,425▲ 116%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Chickamauga, Chattahoochee River and Kennesaw Mountain
5,053,221
2025 · National Park Service
CHCH recreation visits
971,647
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Chickamauga, Chattahoochee River and Kennesaw Mountain

1990–2025
5,053,221▲ 44%

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

CHCH recreation visits

1990–2025
971,647▲ 2%

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