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Apparently tourism is solid. from: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/A-year-after-calling-his-own-city-filthy-SF-13842394.php https://w
by CapricornNoble 7y ago
Apparently tourism is solid.
from: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/A-year-after-calling-his-own-city-filthy-SF-13842394.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/A-...
"Tourism is still booming, despite San Francisco’s miserable side making headlines around the world. In 2018, 25.8 million people visited San Francisco, up 1.2% from 2017. They spent $10 billion, which was also up slightly."
As an anecdote, my S.O. watches a Youtuber, a Japanese airline stewardess who makes typical travel/foodie content. She had a San Francisco vid a few months ago.....which made the place look like heaven on Earth. I don't think she even once touched on or mentioned some of SF's problems. I wonder how many other foreigners are formulating travel plans based on similarly one-dimensional picture-perfect content.
- akiselev 7y agoI wonder how many of those tourists would even care. Income inequality is a global problem and many tourists come from countries that have been rapidly developing in the last few decades. The situation in SF might not be that shocking to much of the cohort.