San Francisco, CA Tourism & Travel

San Francisco Travel Association: Visitor Information Center
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San Francisco Visitor Industry Statistics
       
San Francisco hosts more than 15.9 million visitors annually, including hotel guests, those staying with friends and relatives, those staying in accommodations outside the City but whose primary destination was San Francisco, and regional visitors driving in for the day. These visitors spent $8.3 billion in local businesses.

This massive injection of visitor dollars directly supports local hotels, restaurants, shops, attractions, and cultural institutions. It also indirectly bolsters practically every segment of the city's economy and has a broad positive influence on government finances - some $485 million in tax and fee revenue flowed into the City and County of San Francisco in a single year!

The Results Are in for San Francisco's Cultural Traveler Study. This comprehensive Arts & Culture study surveyed 4,000 cultural travelers from San Francisco's top 10 domestic feeder markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Portland, Sacramento and San Francisco Bay Area (outside of SF).

What they found out....
Cultural travelers take more trips, are somewhat younger and moderately more affluent than non-cultural travelers.
While their interests vary, historic sites and attractions” ranked highest among 10 arts and cultural attributes considered when selecting a destination.

Las Vegas and Los Angeles are San Francisco's two biggest challengers, with L.A. showing real competition for theater and performing arts and aquariums, zoos and wild animal parks. More than one in four people surveyed traveled specifically to visit a garden or park, watch a live music performance and/or attend a festival or special event.

There are more than  32,976 Hotels rooms in San Francisco (city/county limits) and approx. 215 Hotels in San Francisco. 20,000 of these rooms are within walking distance of the Moscone Center.

Hotel Tax Rate: 14%.

San Francisco Hotel Guest Profile:
Overnight hotel guests account for more than two of every three dollars spent locally by out-of-town visitors despite representing only one-third of all visitors to the City. (The balance stayed either in private homes with friends or relatives, stayed in hotels outside the City though San Francisco was their primary destination, or were day visitors from nearby areas.)

First-time San Francisco visitors:
27.2%
Traveling with children:
17.2%
Average age:
43 years old
Average nights in SF hotels:
3.5 nights
People per room:
2.0
Arrived by air:
69.2%
Top five feeder markets of hotel guests (by Designated Market Areas (DMAs))
Los Angeles 11.3%
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose 7.0%
New York City 6.3%
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto 4.9%
Chicago 3.3%

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) offers non-stop flights to more than 31 international points on 30 international carriers. The Bay Area's largest airport connects non-stop with 76 cities in the U.S. on 15 domestic airlines. For up-to-the-minute departure and arrival information, airport maps and details on shopping, dining, cultural exhibitions, ground transportation and more, visit flysfo.com.

San Francisco is filled with fun things to see and do throughout the year. During the holidays, don't miss the Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Victorian Holiday Party or Beach Blanket Babylon a San Francisco "Giant" for  over 36 Years.

San Francisco is ALL about food, and the unique San Francisco  Dine About Town January Restaurant Event packs in the crowds seeking to try expensive menus at affordable prices. When you visit San Francisco, you might like to visit San Francisco - Samovar Tea Lounge near the convention center, and be sure to stop by one of the famous San Francisco Irish pubs for libations of another kind.

 

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