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8.4 Regional Estimates of California Coastal Tourism & Recreation
Coastal tourism is an important and pivotal component of the Travel and Tourism industry
of California. There are twenty-one coastal counties in California. Before estimating the
economic impact of the Coastal Tourism industry, a measure of tourism activity in these
coastal counties is instructive. Table 8-15 gives the estimates of visitor volume since 1998
for all the coastal counties, except those noted.
Table 8-15: Visitor Volumes in Coastal Counties of California*( Millions of persontrips)
Table 8-15: Visitor Volumes in Coastal Counties of California*( Millions of person-trips)
County
1998
Total Leisure %
1999
Total Leisure %
2000
Total Leisure
2001
% Total Leisure %
Mendocino 1.8 1.5 83.3 1.4 0.9 64.3 2.3 2.2 95.7 3.6 3.5 97.2
Sonoma 5.4 4.1 75.9 6.0 4.5 75.0 6.3 4.9 77.8 6.9 5.3 76.8
Napa 2.2 1.7 77.3 3.3 2.5 75.8 3.9 3.0 76.9 3.4 2.4 70.6
Sacremento 11.7 6.9 59.0 12.0 7.9 65.8 14.2 9.0 63.4 15.1 9.6 63.6
Marin 1.1 1.0 90.9 2.1 1.8 85.7 1.8 1.7 94.4 1.2 1.1 91.7
Contra Costa 2.9 1.7 58.6 3.2 2.1 65.6 3.5 2.5 71.4 3.2 2.2 68.8
Alameda 6.0 3.3 55.0 6.3 3.5 55.6 6.4 3.5 54.7 7.8 4.2 53.8
San Francisco 16.8 11.1 66.1 17.9 12.0 67.0 18.7 12.0 64.2 21.3 14.6 68.5
San Mateo 1.9 1.4 73.7 1.8 1.4 77.8 2.6 2.1 80.8 2.6 2.2 84.6
Santa Clara 9.3 5.7 61.3 10.3 6.4 62.1 10.8 6.7 62.0 11.9 7.3 61.3
Santa Cruz 3.7 3.2 86.5 3.7 3.2 86.5 4.3 3.7 86.0 4.5 3.9 86.7
Monterey 6.1 4.9 80.3 6.7 5.6 83.6 7.2 5.8 80.6 7.7 6.3 81.8
Santa Barbara 8.4 5.8 69.0 9.0 6.7 74.4 9.7 6.7 69.1 9.6 7.2 75.0
Ventura 2.7 2.1 77.8 3.2 2.8 87.5 3.4 2.9 85.3 3.6 3.5 97.2
Los Angeles 37.4 23.3 62.3 42.2 27.0 64.0 45.4 28.6 63.0 49.0 30.9 63.1
Orange 20.3 16.0 78.8 22.2 17.9 80.6 23.8 19.3 81.1 25.5 21.1 82.7
San Deigo 28.3 20.0 70.7 31.9 23.1 72.4 35.2 25.1 71.3 38.0 27.1 71.3
*Data for Del Norte, Humboldt,Yolo, Solano, San Joaquin,and San Luis Obispo coastal counties are not
available.
Table 8-16 tells the story of the large increase in the direct contribution of the Tourism &
Recreation industry to California between 1990 and 2000. Table 8-16 also gives detailed
activity information on the direct impacts on the California economy by region.
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