Tourism & Parks in Minnesota

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$853,418,282
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
272,833
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Voyageurs, Pipestone and Grand Portage
369,496
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$853,418,282
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
24,084
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$853,418,282▲ 58%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
24,084▼ 5%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
272,833
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
272,833▲ 51%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Voyageurs, Pipestone and Grand Portage
369,496
2025 · National Park Service
VOYA recreation visits
206,326
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Voyageurs, Pipestone and Grand Portage

1990–2025
369,496▼ 8%

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

VOYA recreation visits

1990–2025
206,326▼ 8%

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