On Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom posted a video of himself standing atop San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to highlight a new tourism report.
“So, I’m up here on the Golden Gate Bridge, a testament to America’s greatness, a testament to California’s greatness, the beauty, the magnificence of the San Francisco Bay,” Newsom said. “What a perfect place to announce our record-breaking tourism numbers.”
Newsom was celebrating the new numbers from Visit California’s “Economic Impact of Travel in California 2014-2023” report, which indicated that in 2023, travel spending in California reached an all-time high of $150.4 billion, a 5.6% increase from 2022.
The report also notes that California travel spending numbers have finally risen above pre-pandemic levels, with the 2023 spending level 3.8% than the 2019 spending level.
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