California's Ocean Economy - California Resources Agency - State ...
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NOEP<br />
14,000,000<br />
12,000,000<br />
10,000,000<br />
8,000,000<br />
6,000,000<br />
4,000,000<br />
2,000,000<br />
0<br />
Golden<br />
Gate<br />
National<br />
Recreation<br />
Area<br />
Santa<br />
Monica<br />
<strong>State</strong> Park<br />
Lighthouse<br />
Field <strong>State</strong><br />
Beach<br />
Beach/Coastal Park Attendance<br />
Dockweiler<br />
<strong>State</strong> Beach<br />
Huntington<br />
<strong>State</strong> Beach<br />
Seacliff Bolsa Chica<br />
<strong>State</strong> Beach <strong>State</strong> Beach<br />
Figure 8-5: Attendance at Top 10 <strong>California</strong> Beach/Coastal Parks<br />
8.2.6 Other marine recreational activities<br />
Doheny<br />
<strong>State</strong> Beach<br />
Sonoma<br />
Coast <strong>State</strong><br />
Beach<br />
San<br />
Clemente<br />
<strong>State</strong> Beach<br />
Table 8-11 gives the estimates of participants and number of activity days for all other<br />
marine recreational activities along the <strong>California</strong> coast, such as wild life viewing,<br />
photography, viewing scenery, or water fowl hunting in the saltwater surrounding.<br />
Table 8-11: Participation in Other Marine Related Recreation<br />
Recreation Activity Number of<br />
Participants<br />
Number of<br />
Days<br />
Average Days<br />
Per Person<br />
Visit Waterside<br />
Besides Beaches 1,500,965 20,683,000 13.78<br />
Snorkeling 706,998 3,818,000 5.40<br />
Bird Watching in<br />
Saltwater Surrounding 2,581,958 65,762,000 25.47<br />
Viewing or<br />
Photographing<br />
Scenery in Saltwater<br />
Surroundings 4,175,372 n/a n/a<br />
Hunting Waterfowl in<br />
Saltwater<br />
Surroundings 113,302 n/a n/a<br />
8.3 The Travel and Tourism Industry in <strong>California</strong> Coastal Counties:<br />
Description and Expenditures<br />
Unlike the Tourism & Recreation sector, the state of <strong>California</strong> aggregates information into a<br />
Travel and Tourism industry. Travel and Tourism is the third largest employer in <strong>California</strong>,<br />
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