Smokies, Parkway visitors spend the most in the NPS, study finds

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Wednesday, 30/08/2023

According to the recently released results of the National Park Service’s newest peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis, in 2022 North Carolina was yet again home to the nation’s two top parks for visitor spending — the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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