SFGTV August 16, 2014
Background, just introduce why we are here today. The hospitality and travel industries are some of the Largest Industries in our city. Just last year, in 2013, San Francisco benefited from a record of 16. 9 million visitors who spent over 9. 4 billion dollars in our city on tourismrelated activity and we only expect that number to continue to grow in the coming years. Hotel tax revenue is up, 8. 1 percent, to 607 Million Dollars and tourism jobs have increased to 3. 8 which is a total of 76,834 jobs. And Hotel Room Rates have also risen, 12. 8 percent to an average of 207 per night. And even ...