The Department of the Interior Friday announced that visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2021 resulted in a $42.5 billion benefit to the nation s economy and supported 322,600 mostly local jobs.\u00a0\u00a0
According to the National Park Service report, 2021 National Park Visitor Spending Effects , approximately 297 million visitors spent $20.5 billion in communities within 60 miles of a national park. Of the 322,600 jobs supported by visitor spending, 268,900 jobs were in park gateway communities.
Visitor spending to so-called gateway communities adjacent to national parks reap big economic benefits. The Interior Department reported a $42.5 economic infusion to the economy. Zion National Park, Utah’s most popular park, is part of a new socioeconomic monitoring project.
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