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Gov. Newsom says California tourism is at ‘all-time high’ 

(KRON) – Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California’s tourism is at “an all-time high” on Sunday. 

The governor posted a video on X at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, leaving X users to believe he may also be Spiderman. Newsom declared unprecedented “record-breaking tourism numbers” occurred in 2023. 


According to Governor Newsom, $150 billion of tourism was spent in California in 2023, which is the highest in the state’s history. 

Newsom also posted on X on Tuesday that California’s population grew by more than 67,000 people. The population growth makes California the world’s fifth-largest economy, according to Newsom.