Tourism & Parks in North Dakota

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$149,772,406
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
40,875
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Theodore Roosevelt, Knife River and Fort Union
748,749
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$149,772,406
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
5,116
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$149,772,406▲ 6%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
5,116▼ 30%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
40,875
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
40,875▲ 67%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Theodore Roosevelt, Knife River and Fort Union
748,749
2025 · National Park Service
THRO recreation visits
729,893
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Theodore Roosevelt, Knife River and Fort Union

1990–2025
748,749▲ 48%

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

THRO recreation visits

1990–2025
729,893▲ 58%

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