Fast Facts
Impacts of Tourism
A CLOSER LOOK AT TOURISM IN THE POCONOS
27.9 million visitors come to the Pocono Mountains each year
- 65%, 18.1 million are day trippers
- 35%, 9.8 million are overnight trips
• 92% leisure, 8% business - Visitation has grown by 3.3 million from 2014-2018, an overall 13% growth in five years
Travel spending in the Pocono Mountains exceeds $3.3 billion annually - Lodging 43%
- Food & Beverage 19%
- Recreation 16%
- Retail 14%
- Transportation 8%
Total Tourism and Economic Impact - 35,201 jobs
- $981.4 million in labor income
- $520 million taxes
- $282 million in state and local taxes alone
Tourism-related Jobs - Tourism supports a total of 35,201 jobs in the Poconos, 24.5% of all jobs in the Pocono
Mountains - With new attractions opening over the last decade, businesses have directly created more
than 3,200 new jobs in the Poconos - Nearly 2/3 of the Poconos’ labor income is derived from travel and tourism
- The Pocono Mountains region continues to have the highest tourism-related labor income
and employment in the state of Pennsylvania - Employment directly supported by tourism reached 26,783 in 2018, enough to employ every
resident of East Stroudsburg, Mount Pocono, Stroudsburg and Tobyhanna
Economic Impact of Tourism in the Poconos, 2018 – Tourism Economics, April 2019
STRs Generate Revenue for All
The revenue derived from STRs in the Pocono Mountains increased by over 275 percent between June 2020 and June 2021, rising from $10,881,000 to $40,833,000. This was the largest percent change in all of PA's 11 regions
