The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau has released its annual study of the economic impact of the travel industry to the city and county of San Francisco. The report indicated that SFCVB must be doing something very right:

• In 2007, 16.1 million visitors came to San Francisco, showing an increase of 2.4% over 2006.
• Visitors spent $8.2 billion in 2007, which was an increase of 6.2% over 2006 and an all-time high.

Joe D’Alessandro, SFCVB President and CEO, says, “Tourism continues to be San Francisco’s most vital industry. Visitor dollars provide the largest financial impact to the local economy and its imperative that we continue to fuel this source by strengthening our marketing efforts to promote San Francisco and the Bay Area as [a] premier destination.”

All agreed, Joe. We are thrilled to see that SFCVB is seeing such positive results in its marketing efforts. Even more thrilling is the idea of playing a role in bringing home the bacon for San Francisco.