Tourism at Crater Lake, Lava Beds bolsters economy

Regional economies were boosted by several million dollars because of the allure of Crater Lake National Park and the Lava Beds and Tule Lake National Monuments.

A new National Park Service report shows that 647,751 visitors to Crater Lake and 131,000 visitors to Lava Beds and Tule Lake in 2022 spent more $69 million in communities near the parks. That spending supported 961 jobs in areas near the park and had a combined cumulative benefit to the local economies of $97.7 million.