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Visit California is a nonprofit 501(c) corporation with a mission to develop and maintain marketing programs – in partnership with the state's travel industry – that keep California top-of-mind as a premier travel destination.
Caroline Beteta serves as president & CEO of the industry-led Visit California, a nonprofit organization created to market California as a premier travel destination to increase the state's share of tourism-related revenues.
No, the assessment is not a state tax. It is an industry self-assessment authorized by state law. The state does not have access to any assessment funds, and decisions regarding expenditures come directly from the travel and tourism industry through Visit California's Board of Directors.
On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his crew entered San Diego Bay--the first Europeans to visit California. The land they named Alta California was occupied by diverse groups of native people who had inhabited the land for thousands of years.
Visit California is a nonprofit organization with a mission to develop and maintain marketing programs — in partnership with the state's travel industry — that keep California top-of-mind as a premier travel destination. California is the No. 1 travel destination in the country.
The United States was the country worldwide with the highest international tourism receipts in 2022. That year, inbound tourism receipts in the U.S. amounted to roughly 135 billion U.S. dollars.