National Park Service generated $2.2 billion toward Tennessee economy

The National Park Service generated $2.2 billion and 10.5 million across its 13 properties in Tennessee last year with Tennessee seeing the sixth-highest amount of tax benefit from the National Park Service. Visitors spent some $1.4 billion in the state and generated more than 20,000 jobs, leading to a total of $2.2 billion in economic benefit. Visitors spent $26.4 billion in communities across the U.S. in 2023, according to additional reporting from the National Park Service. That spending supported more than 415,000 jobs, with the lodging sector seeing the highest direct effect, followed by the restaurant sector. California was the state with the highest economic benefit from the NPS followed by North Carolina, Utah, Alaska, Virginia, and Tennessee.