According to preliminary numbers, a record 10.5 million people visited Wyoming last year, an increase of 4.2 percent from the 10.1 visitors in 2014. The visitor spending generated $175 million in local and state tax revenues, up 7.4 percent in 2015 compared to $163 million in 2014. Since 2005, tax revenues generated by the tourism and hospitality industry have grown by more than 86 percent, the tourism office says.