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In terms of employment, recreation accounts for from 22% to 25% of the total employment
generated by the travel industry in California.
Table 8-13: Travel Spending by Type of Business Service ($ Billion)
Type of Business 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Destination
Spending 37.9 40.1 40.9 42.2 44.2 48.6 53.7 56.7 61.1 66.0 66.1
Accommodations 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.9 8.9 10.0 10.7 11.7 12.9 12.7
Eating, Drinking 9.9 10.2 10.3 10.6 11.1 12.0 13.4 14.3 15.3 16.0 16.2
Food Stores
Ground
1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
Transport 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.7 6.3 6.8 6.5 7.4 8.8 8.6
Recreation 6.8 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.3 9.1 10.0 10.7 11.5 12.1 12.2
Retail Sales 7.9 8.7 8.9 9.2 9.7 10.6 11.6 12.3 13.2 13.9 14.1
Air Transportation
Travel
6.4 6.7 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.5 7.9 8.2 8.8 8.7
Arrangement 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
Total Spending 44.6 47.1 48.4 50.0 52.7 57.6 62.6 64.9 69.8 75.4 75.4
Table 8-14: Employment Generated by Travel Spending (1,000 Jobs)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Accommodations 141 144 142 150 154 165 183 181 194 201 187
Eating, Drinking 324 322 328 332 341 362 379 181 393 398 387
Food Stores 11 10 10 11 11 12 13 12 12 12 12
Ground Transport 35 34 34 37 38 41 44 40 43 47 45
Recreation 171 195 194 206 210 222 241 236 248 248 236
Retail Sales 92 95 97 99 103 111 116 117 118 114 106
Air Transportation
Travel
52 51 51 51 50 51 51 50 51 52 51
Arrangement 27 27 26 28 28 27 28 28 28 28 27
Total Employment 852 878 882 914 935 990 1,054 1,045 1,087 1,100 1,051
Source: “California Travel Impacts by County, 1992-2000,” California Travel and Tourism Commission
and Division of Tourism, 2002.
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