SPEND DIVE
Lodging spending includes dollars spent on second homes. Transportation includes both local and air transportation.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
$417M 30%
Q1-4 CY 2022 1/1/22 – 12/31/22
VISITOR IMPACT VISITOR VOLUME
9.4M
Visitor volume increased nearly 4% in 2022, adding over 300 thousand visitors. As a result, visitor volumes reached 9.7 million, 99% of prepandemic levels.
RETAIL
LODGING
$299M
$270M
22%
20%
TRANSPORT
REC / ENT
9.7M
^3.8% 2021
2022
VISITOR DIVE
2019
2020
2021
2022
Total Visitors
9.9
7.2
9.4
9.7
Day
6.6
4.8
6.1
6.4
$233M
Overnight
3.3
2.5
3.2
3.3
17%
VISITOR SPENDING
$1.4
Tulsa visitor spending continued to show strong growth as visitors spent $1.4 billion in 2022, an increase of nearly 13% that increased spending by $150 million, surpassing prepandemic levels for the first time.
RECORD YEAR
BILLION
Visitor Spending in Tulsa 2022
7.2%
45.5%
$1,239
$1,229
12.5%
$1,383
$163M 12%
SPEND TREND
2021
2022
2022 GROWTH
% RELATIVE TO 2019
Total Visitor Spending
$1,229
$1,383
12.5%
111.6%
Lodging*
$229
$271
18.2%
116.7%
Food & Beverage
$378
$417
10.5%
109.8%
Retail
$280
$299
6.7%
107.5%
Transportation
$181
$205
13.4%
123.1%
Recreation
$139
$163
17.6%
107.4%
Air Transportation
$23
$28
22.8%
91.7%
* Lodging includes spending on second homes.
-31.8%
$845
SPEND GROWTH
SPEND CONTEXT The nearly $1.4 billion in visitor spending means that $3.8 million was spent EVERY DAY by visitors in Tulsa.
Tulsa visitor spending amounts in $ millions 2019
T UL S A R E GION A L T OUR IS M
2020
2021
$3.8
MILLION Daily Visitor Spending
2022 (CY 2022)
All data reflects 1/1/22-12/31/22
Source: Tourism Economics