COVID Pandemic Devastates San Francisco Tourism; Visitor Spending Dropped By $8 Billion In 2020

San Francisco CA

25 March, 2021

2:08 PM

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By CBS San Francisco Staff: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — It didn't take much to notice the devastating impact the COVID-19 outbreak had on the usually vibrant San Francisco tourism industry in 2020. Hotel rooms were shuttered, the Moscone Center became a mass vaccination site instead of hosting conventions, the city's famed cable cars were idled in their storage yard, and there were empty gates at San Francisco International Airport. With business restrictions now lifting, tourists should return in 2021 but just how costly the pandemic has been came to light Wednesday when the San Francisco Travel Association published its statistics for 2020 spending. Read more at CBS San Francisco