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Tourism, Travel & Traffic

Visitor counts & travel impacts

NATIONAL & STATE PARK VISITOR COUNTS

  • In 2021, visits to state and national parks located in Cochise County rebounded following steep COVID-related declines in 2020. The only exception both years was Coronado National Memorial, which saw an overall increase in visitors of 19.9% in 2020 before falling 16.9% in 2021. 
  • Kartchner Caverns State Park (typically the most visited park in Cochise County) saw visits increase 26.5% in 2021, after falling 53.3% in 2020.
  • Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park saw visitor counts grow by 43.9% in 2021 (after falling 45.8% in 2020).
  • Chiricahua National Monument visits were up by 19.2% in 2021 (after a 26.1% drop in 2020).
  • Fort Bowie National Historic Site visitors increased 43.7% (following a 14.8% decline in 2020).


IMPACT OF TOURISM & TRAVEL

  • According to research by Dean Runyan Associates for Arizona Office of Tourism, Cochise County's travel industry (including business and leisure travel) generated $206.7 million in direct spending in 2020, down 40.2% from 2019. Cochise County's travel industry supported 3,000 jobs (down 13.6%) countywide with earnings of $81.7 million (down 8.6%) in 2020, according to the study.

Visitor Counts (national & state parks) (2003-current) (pdf)

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Visitor Counts (national & state parks) (2003-current) (xlsx)

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Traffic

  • In 2020, the busiest stretch of highway in Cochise County was Interstate 10 between Mescal Rd and Skyline Rd, with an average annual daily traffic count of 28,093 (down 9.7% from 2019 with the slowdown in travel due to the COVID pandemic).
  • Off the interstate, the busiest stretch was State Route 92 in Sierra Vista, from East Foothills Dr to Snyder Rd, with an average of 23,757 vehicles daily (down 8.8%).

Traffic Counts (2007-current) (pdf)

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Traffic Counts (2007-current) (xlsx)

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