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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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