“MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) – National parks pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into Tennessee’s economy in 2021. A new report showed 11 million park visitors spent an estimated $870 million in local gateway regions while visiting National Park Service lands in Tennessee.
According to the National Park Service, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park brought in $1.3 billion last year for Tennessee and North Carolina. It was $29.3 million from Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, $16.9 million from Fort Donelson National Battlefield-Tennessee, and $23.8 million from Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro.”
