Tourists in Alabama Spend Record-Breaking $23.9 Billion in 2024
MONTGOMERY – Tourists in Alabama spent $1 billion each year for four of the past five years, setting a new record at $23.9 billion spent in a single year.
Around 29 million guests, up 200,000 from the previous year, vacationed at Alabama beaches, hotels, state parks, and campgrounds in 2024, setting records for the fourth year in a row, according to Governor Kay Ivey. The record spending by tourists helped create an estimated 248,590 jobs, she said. Every $140,726 of travel-related expenditures creates one new direct job in Alabama.
The state’s travel industry expenditures represent 7.3 percent of Alabama’s overall production in 2024, with the industry…
