Top 10 Tourist States

Tourism is big business. In 32 of the 50 U.S. states, the industry is one of the three biggest employers. The top states, ranked according to spending by domestic and international travelers:

(In billions of dollars)

1.) California: $58.3

2.) Florida: $42.9

3.) New York: $29.5

4.) Texas: $25.5

5.) Illinois: 17.3

6.) Nevada: 16.8

7.) Hawaii: 13.0

8.) New Jersey: 12.2

9.) Pennsylvania: 12.2

10.) Georgia: 11.3

Source: Tourism Works for America Council. Data from 1995, the latest available