Tourism & Parks in Michigan

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,379,336,412
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
429,333
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Isle Royale, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks
2,564,804
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,379,336,412
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
36,264
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$1,379,336,412▲ 51%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
36,264▼ 5%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
429,333
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
429,333▲ 30%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Isle Royale, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks
2,564,804
2025 · National Park Service
ISRO recreation visits
29,091
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Isle Royale, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks

1990–2025
2,564,804▲ 42%

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

ISRO recreation visits

1990–2025
29,091▲ 24%

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