Economic Impact of Travel by Senate District 2024
May 12, 2025
Overview
The report breaks down the economic impact of travel across all 40 California Senate districts — highlighting visitor spending, jobs supported, and tax revenue contributions. It offers detailed data on earnings and employment, as well as local and state tax revenue generated per $100 of visitor spending and per household.
These district-level estimates align with travel impact data at the county, regional, and statewide levels. Percent change is provided for both 2023 to 2024 and 2019 to 2024, illustrating recent growth and long-term trends.
Takeaways
- Total impacts for all districts match those in the 2024 statewide travel impacts report: $157.3 billion in travel-related spending supporting near 1.2 million jobs and generating $12.6 billion in state and local taxes.
- Among the 40 California Senate districts, travel impacts were highest is the 11th District (San Francisco), which led the state in travel-related spending ($14.0 billion) and tax revenue generation at $953 million.
- The 17th District (Central Coast) supported 62,000 jobs, the most of the state and had the highest percentage of travel-generated employment at 10.4%.
Key figures
$157.3B
CA Travel-Related Spending
1.2M
CA Travel-Generated Jobs
$12.6B
CA Travel-Generated Taxes
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