Visitors to U.S. national parks in 2021 spent 14.2 billion U.S. dollars in lodges outside said parks. Meanwhile, the expenditure of U.S. national park visitors on non-local day trips amounted to 2.2 billion dollars that same year.
Expenditure of visitors to national parks in the United States from 2012 to 2021, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)
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National Park Service. (June 1, 2022). Expenditure of visitors to national parks in the United States from 2012 to 2021, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220980/total-spending-in-regions-around-us-national-parks/
National Park Service. "Expenditure of visitors to national parks in the United States from 2012 to 2021, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220980/total-spending-in-regions-around-us-national-parks/
National Park Service. (2022). Expenditure of visitors to national parks in the United States from 2012 to 2021, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220980/total-spending-in-regions-around-us-national-parks/
National Park Service. "Expenditure of Visitors to National Parks in The United States from 2012 to 2021, by Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220980/total-spending-in-regions-around-us-national-parks/
National Park Service, Expenditure of visitors to national parks in the United States from 2012 to 2021, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220980/total-spending-in-regions-around-us-national-parks/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Expenditure of visitors to national parks in the United States from 2012 to 2021, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], National Park Service, June 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/220980/total-spending-in-regions-around-us-national-parks/