According to Visit Oakland, 3.4 million tourists spent $583 million in 2024, generating a total economic impact of $779 million. It marks a 0.2% decline in spending from the previous year.

Visit Oakland, the destination marketing organization for the city of Oakland, hosted IMPACT 510: The Town Tourism Day on May 7 at the Oakland Museum of California. The sold-out event welcomed 250 ...

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Phil Tagami, CEO of California Capital & Investment Group and a commercial real estate expert in Oakland, attributes the decline in tourism to safety concerns. "The number one contributor to this ...

In another blow to Oakland’s tourism industry, the largest hotel in the city’s downtown is defaulting on its loan. The owners of the Oakland Marriott City Center, a 500-room hotel on Broadway ...

"It's crime tourism, and it's unfortunate, but the word has gotten out that Oakland is a great place to commit crime," said Edward Escobar with Citizens Unite. The pursuit policy has received a ...

Tourism is on the rise in Oakland, which means more business, money and opportunities coming into the town. The president of Visit Oakland, a nonprofit that markets the city, says it is trying to ...