Tennessee joins Hawaii and more as US tourism revenue rises in 2026, with record visitor spending, strong demand and major economic growth.

In 2025, tourism in Nash County created a positive economic impact of $334 million due to traveling businesses spending money on local offerings.

Visitors spending a median of $956.6 million in Warren County, NY, in 2025, is moving the Adirondack region to within mere millions of hitting the billion-dollar mark.

Seoul’s tourism boom is fueling a new era of smart tourism growth as premium travellers drive stronger economic returns, with international visitor arrivals reaching 8.23 million in the first half of the year while foreign credit card spending surged 56.8 percent to KRW 5.62 trillion (KES 546 billion).

Nepal Joins Iceland, Bhutan, New Zealand, Maldives, Singapore, Costa Rica and more countries in a global tourism transformation that is reshaping how destinations define success, shifting the focus away from rising visitor arrivals toward a value-driven model centred on longer stays, higher visitor spending, sustainable destination management and experience-led travel.