2021 INFORMATION & FACTS

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

Source: https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1/clients/poconos/2021_General_Information_and_Facts_122e0f63-22b5-4188-976d-d7bc9cb59aa9.pdf