Tourism & Parks in Tennessee

Visitors, tourism spending, national and state parks.

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,518,423,793
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Leisure and hospitality jobs
367,383
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics
Recreation visits to Great Smoky Mountains and Shiloh
11,874,894
2025 · National Park Service

Travel Spending

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation
$1,518,423,793
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs
36,278
2025 · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Wages paid by hotels and other traveler accommodation

2014–2025
$1,518,423,793▲ 100%

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

Hotel and traveler accommodation jobs

2014–2025
36,278▲ 14%

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

Tourism Employment

Leisure and hospitality jobs
367,383
2025 · BLS Current Employment Statistics

Leisure and hospitality jobs

1990–2025
367,383▲ 107%

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

National Parks

Recreation visits to Great Smoky Mountains and Shiloh
11,874,894
2025 · National Park Service
GRSM recreation visits
11,527,939
2025 · National Park Service

Recreation visits to Great Smoky Mountains and Shiloh

1990–2025
11,874,894▲ 40%

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

GRSM recreation visits

1990–2025
11,527,939▲ 41%

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