$27.9 billion: the total amount tourists spent throughout South Carolina in 2022.
This amount generated $2.6 billion in total tax revenues for the state government and local governments. Tourism also supported, directly and indirectly, more than 257,000 South Carolinian jobs, accounting for about 10% of all employment in the state.
The average state and local tax impact of tourism per county was $40.17 million. These are the top 10 counties for tourism impact on taxes, and the tax amounts realized in them:
- Horry County: $579.56 million
- Charleston County: $407.05 million
- Beaufort County: $235.69 million
- Greenville County: $122.06 million
- Richland County: $76.17 million
- Georgetown County: $56.63 million
- Lexington County: $51.68 million
- Florence County: $36.08 million
- York County: $31.72 million
- Spartanburg County: $30.18 million
Source: South Carolina Tourism 2022 Economic Fiscal Impact Analysis, SC Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism.