Report: California tourism numbers top pre-pandemic levels, Bay Area lags behind

Gov. Gavin Newsom posted a video of himself standing atop the Golden Gate Bridge to highlight a new tourism report. While California sees tourism recovery, the Bay Area still continues to lag behind. Alyssa Goard reports.
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[tytratar]

San Francisco will never be the same again as far as tourism goes! What once was a beautiful city is now a ghetto with tons of crooks, and very little police officers. It is gonna take YEARS for San Francisco to rebound from the current mess they are in.

[MK-lqgt]

Walked around Union Square yesterday (Sunday 5/5), majority of retail spaces are empty with for lease signs up

[lsgrosieh]

Wonder why no one wants to coms to SF!🤐

[TT-rgyc]

The cost of everything in SF is sky high. The city is full of homeless and drug addicts, which makes it unappealing. Also, the amount of empty store fronts and demolished vacant lots doesn't help either. The city needs to make it more reasonable to do business.

[newtontek]

Yes travel spending has increased because of the 40% inflation on gas travel and hotels you iodits

[tytratar]

Hey there are sea lions to come see! LOL

[rossmore]

I wonder why? lol 😂it is a total crime ridden literal chit show!!!

[fixpacifica]

There's no way tourism is even close to being back to where it was pre-pandemic.

[RobertPatrician]

Cool, cool. So... adjust those numbers for inflation, 'eh? Oh... oh that's not good.

[jasonfoxfire]

Everything is 20% more expensive than before, why don’t they tell the number of tourists but use the spending?

[caltheshooter]

safe and exciting??? Lmao dangerous and dead is the reality

[michaelm]

If possible I avoid even driving through San Francisco. Newsom went up on the bridge to get above the homeless, the crime, and poop on the sidewalk.

[officialliltone]

Re build and re open surtro baths as well

[DaBinChe]

Ain't no one from Asia coming to CA or anywhere for that matter. That ship has sailed. Japan's population and economy is shrinking, the yen is at an all time low. China economy is shrinking, manufacturing is moving out, they ain't got no jobs. Korea has the worst birth rate in the world and population is shrinking worst than Japan. Taiwan is on the same path as the others. Countries that are starting to grow are the ones where manufacturing has moved to, but it will take time about a decade for them to accumulated wealth where they will start traveling internationally.

[officialliltone]

San francisco needs to Amp up pier 39, make an amusement park ! Gett Disney to open a park out out here, make it more tourist friendly, gotta think ...why is los angeles doing so much better ? Because there isn't much to do, we need more to be more unique as well as taking a few plays out of southern California's book . More amustment.more interaction themed activity we just need to tweak the character of the city, and add some attractions that people can actually enjoy, think kid friendly as well as fun for all ages

[copyprint-fzhb]

according to who? did you say Newsom, Lie, Fake,

[greenonions]

Duh. Prices will always increase…hello it is called inflation.

[WalkawayRene]

No one is going near San Fran or Oakland!!!! My favorite is Santa Cruz.

[Awesome_Aasim]

From an urbanism perspective, which is more exciting to visit? Excessively wide stroads and strip malls or quaint streets with lots of shops? Also cities should rely entirely on tourism for their economy; tourists make places far less attractive for locals in the area. The whole reason Gion banned tourists was because tourists don't know better. Making places attractive to locals is far better financially, and replacing these parking lot strip malls is a good first step.

[GEORGEBUSHDADDY]

Westfield mall is a ghost town store closed