Nashville Grew in 2025. International Visitors Didn't.
Roughly 17.0 million people visited Nashville last year, but international arrivals fell 13% and Canadian visits fell 20%.
For most owners that is a listing-copy problem, not a revenue problem.
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Record Visitor Spending, and a Calendar That Still Needs Work
Nashville just posted its biggest tourism numbers on record, and plenty of owners still had a slow August.
Here is why the headline and your calendar do not have to agree.
CMA Fest put $77.3 million on the street and downtown hotels ran 93.5%
New figures put CMA Fest's direct visitor spending at $77.3 million with downtown hotel occupancy at 93.5%.
Let Freedom Sing added $17.5 million. Here is what to do with numbers like that.
16.8 million visitors, 1.2 million of them in short-term rentals
Nashville hosted a record 16.8 million visitors in 2023 who spent $10.56 billion, about $29 million a day.
Roughly 1.2 million of them stayed in a short-term rental. CMA Fest starts Thursday.