A recent National Park Service report says that in 2019, 3.4-million park visitors spent an estimated $630-million in local gateway regions while visiting Grand Teton National Park. These expenditures supported a total of 8,640 jobs, $275 million in labor income, $463 million in value added, and $796 million in economic output in local gateway economies surrounding the park. The report also shows that 4-million people visiting Yellowstone in 2019 spent $507-million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,000 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $642-million. According to the report, $21-billion of direct spending by more than 327-million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. This spending supported 340,500 jobs nationally; 278,000 of those jobs are in these gateway communities. The cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy was $41.7-billion. Lodging expenses account for the largest share of visitor spending; about $7.1-billion in 2019. The restaurant sector had the next greatest effects with $4.2-billion in economic output. Motor-vehicle fuel expenditures were $2.16-billion with spending at $1.93-billion.
