Tourism & Parks in Nebraska

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$270,408,111
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
101,017
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Scotts Bluff, Agate Fossil Beds and Homestead
242,318
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$270,408,111
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
8,312
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$270,408,111▲ 97%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
8,312▲ 7%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
101,017
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
101,017▲ 69%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Scotts Bluff, Agate Fossil Beds and Homestead
242,318
2025 · National Park Service
SCBL recreation visits
182,392
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Scotts Bluff, Agate Fossil Beds and Homestead

1990–2025
242,318▲ 8%

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

SCBL recreation visits

1990–2025
182,392▲ 6%

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