48.

State: Pennsylvania

Tourism Spending: $5.8 Million

Total Expenditures: $85.3 Million 

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0068%

47.

State: Indiana

Tourism Spending: $2.3 million

Total Expenditures: $28.1 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0082%

Photo: Diego Delso

46.

State: Ohio

Tourism Spending: $5 million

Total Expenditures: $58.2 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0086%

45.

State: Rhode Island

Tourism Spending: $710,000

Total Expenditures: $7.8 Million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0090%

44.

State: Iowa

Tourism Spending: $2.4 million

Total Expenditures: $19.5 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0123%

Photo: Ben Franske

43.

State: New York

Tourism Spending: $19 million

Total Expenditures: $133 Million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0144%

42.

State: Georgia

Tourism Spending: $6.8 million

Total Expenditures: $42.4 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0160%

41.

State: New Jersey

Tourism Spending: $9 million

Total Expenditures: $50.8 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0177%

40.

State: Massachusetts

Tourism Spending: $10.9 million

Total Expenditures: $57.5 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0189%

39.

State: Delaware

Tourism Spending: $1.9 million

Total Expenditures: $9.1 million

% of State Budget Spent on tourism Promotion: 0.0213%

38.

State: California

Tourism Spending: $50 million

Total Expenditures: $211.4 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0236%

37.

State: North Carolina

Tourism Spending: $10.4 million

Total Expenditures: $43 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0242%

36.

State: Minnesota

Tourism Spending: $8.5 million

Total Expenditures: $33,074,000,000

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0257%

35.

State: Maryland

Tourism Spending: $10.4 million

Total Expenditures: $36.2 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0287%

34.

State: Kentucky

Tourism Spending: $7.4 million

Total Expenditures: $25.6 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0288%

33.

State: Kansas

Tourism Spending: $4.8 million

Total Expenditures: $13.9 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0344%

Photo: Gerald B. Keane

32.

State: West Virginia

Tourism Spending: $7.7 million

Total Expenditures: $22.3 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0345%

31.

State: Mississippi

Tourism Spending: $6.4 million

Total Expenditures: $18.5 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0346%

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

30.

State: Wisconsin

Tourism Spending: $14.9 million

Total Expenditures: $42.7 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0348%

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

29.

State: Tennessee

Tourism Spending: $11.7 million

Total Expenditures: $30.4 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0384%

Photo: Jeremy Atherton

28.

State: Virginia

Tourism Spending: $17.6 million

Total Expenditures: $45.7 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0385%

27.

State: Texas

Tourism Spending: $37.2 million

Total Expenditures: $93.2 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0399%

Photo: Copernico Contreras
 

26.

State: Arizona

Tourism Spending: $12.9 million

Total Expenditures: $28.2 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0456%

Photo: Luca Galuzzi

25.

State: Oregon

Tourism Spending: $12 million

Total Expenditures: $25.8 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0465%

Photo: Max Schwarz

24.

State: Alabama

Tourism Spending: $11.6 million

Total Expenditures: $24.5 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0473%

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

23.

State: New Mexico

Tourism Spending: $7.1 million

Total Expenditures: $14.6 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0483%

22.

State: Louisiana

Tourism Spending: $13.2 million

Total Expenditures: $27.3 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0483%

21.

State: Oklahoma

Tourism Spending: $10.7 million

Total Expenditures: $21.4 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0499%

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

20.

State: Missouri

Tourism Spending: $11.6 million

Total Expenditures: $22.9 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0506%

Photo: Daniel Schwen

19.

State: Colorado

Tourism Spending: $14.7 million

Total Expenditures: $29.035 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0506%

Photo: Gorgo

18.

State: Nebraska

Tourism Spending: $5.2 million

Total Expenditures: $10.1 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0512%

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

17.

State: Michigan

Tourism Spending: $27.4 million

Total Expenditures: $47.3 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0578%

Photo: Dave Parker

16.

State: Vermont

Tourism Spending: $2.9 million

Total Expenditures: $4.9 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0584%

Photo: Jared C. Benedict

15.

State: South Carolina

Tourism Spending: $13.6 million

Total Expenditures: $22.2 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0612%

Photo: MoodyGroove

14.

State: Arkansas

Tourism Spending: $15.1 million

Total Expenditures: $21.4 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0704%

13.

State: Illinois

Tourism Spending: $55.4 million

Total Expenditures: $65.2 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0849%

12.

State: Florida

Tourism Spending: $56.2 million

Total Expenditures: $63.9 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0879%

11.

State: North Dakota

Tourism Spending: $5.1 million

Total Expenditures: $5.712 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.0893%

10.

State: Idaho

Tourism Spending: $7.2 million

Total Expenditures: $6.691 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1076%

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

9.

State: Utah

Tourism Spending: $14.4 million

Total Expenditures: $12.679 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1136%

Photo: Bernard Gagnon

8.

State: Maine

Tourism Spending: $9.8 million

Total Expenditures: $7.679 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1276%

7.

State: New Hampshire

Tourism Spending: $6.9 million

Total Expenditures: $5.017 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1375%

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

6.

State: Wyoming

Tourism Spending: $12.6 million

Total Expenditures: $9.132 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1380%

Photo: Shiras Rajendran

5.

State: Alaska

Tourism Spending: $17 million

Total Expenditures: $11.838 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1436%

4.

State: Nevada

Tourism Spending: $14.8 million

Total Expenditures: $8.897 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.1663%

Photo: John Phelan

3.

State: Montana

Tourism Spending: $12.3 million

Total Expenditures: $6.04 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.2036%

2.

State: South Dakota

Tourism Spending: $12.2 million

Total Expenditures: $4.098 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.2977%

1.

State: Hawaii

Tourism Spending: $75 million

Total Expenditures: $11.584 million

% of State Budget Spent on Tourism Promotion: 0.6474% 

Photo: Cristo Vlahos