Tourism & Parks in Massachusetts

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$2,029,220,001
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
364,942
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Cape Cod, Minute Man and Lowell
4,778,435
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$2,029,220,001
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
35,417
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$2,029,220,001▲ 80%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
35,417▲ 8%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
364,942
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
364,942▲ 54%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Cape Cod, Minute Man and Lowell
4,778,435
2025 · National Park Service
CACO recreation visits
3,682,771
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Cape Cod, Minute Man and Lowell

1990–2025
4,778,435▼ 32%

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

CACO recreation visits

1990–2025
3,682,771▼ 32%

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