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Final Report – October 2001
This local influence can be extended at the county scale within California as well. Of the
visitors who reported themselves as California residents, more than half came from San
Diego County (Table 3, Figure 2). Another quarter came from southern California
communities in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties. In sum, about 6 out of
every 7 visitors to the Park are California residents, and more than half of that number
are from San Diego County.
This information was extracted from the full data set, consequently, no seasonal or site
differences are reported here.
Table 3. Residence California counties (all sites, both seasons)
County Number % total
San Diego
Los Angeles
Orange
Riverside
San Bernard.
Ventura
Santa Clara
Alameda
Imperial
28 others
811
189
118
86
46
18
16
14
14
128
56.3
13.1
8.1
5.9
3.1
1.2
1.1
0.9
0.9
8.8
Total 1440 100.0
Number of Visitors
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
San Diego
Los Angeles
Orange
Riverside
San Bernard.
Ventura
Santa Clara
Alameda
Imperial
28 others
CA counties
Figure 2. California residents by county (all sites, both seasons)
International visitation to the Park accounted for about 5% of the total visitation in the fall
(51 of 853) and spring (57 of 1041) sampling periods. Most of these international visitors
were from Canada, but 20 other countries (mostly European) were represented in the
sample as well (Table 4.).
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