Editing San Francisco (section)

===Tourism and conventions===
{{See also|Port of San Francisco}}
[[File:Fishermans Wharf Sign, SF, CA, jjron 25.03.2012.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco|Fisherman's Wharf]] is a popular tourist attraction.]]
Tourism is one of San Francisco's most important private-sector industries, accounting for more than one out of seven jobs in the city.<ref name="Waters2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0OqYCnyJ8eY |title=Biotech Jobs Germinate as San Francisco Diversifies Economy |first=Rob |last=Waters |date=May 15, 2009 |work=Bloomberg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023145832/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0OqYCnyJ8eY |archive-date=October 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="tourism-largest-private-sector">{{cite news
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|first = Ryan
|title = S.F. tourism picks up, but spending stays flat
|work = San Francisco Chronicle
|page = D-1
|date = September 3, 2010
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}}</ref> The city's [[San Francisco in popular culture|frequent portrayal]] in music, film, and popular culture has made the city and its landmarks recognizable worldwide. In 2016, it attracted the fifth-highest number of foreign tourists of any city in the United States.<ref>{{cite web
|title = Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. Cities 2015–2016
|work = National Travel and Tourism Office
|publisher = International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce
|year = 2016
|url = http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Top%20Cities%202016.pdf
|access-date = February 22, 2018
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165421/http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Top%20Cities%202016.pdf
|archive-date = February 22, 2018
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> More than 25&nbsp;million visitors arrived in San Francisco in 2016, adding US$9.96&nbsp;billion to the economy.<ref>{{cite press release
|title = San Francisco Travel Reports Record-Breaking Tourism in 2016
|work=San Francisco Travel Association
|date = January 18, 2017
|url = http://www.sftravel.com/article/san-francisco-travel-reports-record-breaking-tourism-2016
|access-date = December 8, 2017
}}</ref>
With a large hotel infrastructure and a major convention facility in the [[Moscone Center]], San Francisco is a popular destination for annual conventions and conferences.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/research/ |title=San Francisco Visitor Industry Statistics |year=2013 |publisher=San Francisco Travel Association |access-date=April 5, 2014}}</ref>

Some of the most popular tourist attractions in San Francisco, as noted by the [[Travel Channel]], include the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] and [[Alamo Square, San Francisco|Alamo Square Park]], home to the famous "[[Painted Ladies]]". Both of these locations were often used as landscape shots for the hit American television sitcom ''[[Full House]]''. There is also [[Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]], known for its "crookedness" and extensive views. Tourists also visit [[Pier 39]], which offers dining, shopping, entertainment, and views of the bay, sunbathing [[California sea lions]], the [[Aquarium of the Bay]], and the famous [[Alcatraz Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/us/ca/san-francisco/photos/san-francisco/page/16|title=Alcatraz Island : Explore Sensational San Francisco : TravelChannel.com|website=Travel Channel|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Coit Tower, San Francisco, California LCCN2010630427.tif|thumb|left|[[Coit Tower]] on [[Telegraph Hill, San Francisco|Telegraph Hill]]]]
San Francisco also offers tourists varied nightlife in its neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sftravel.com/article/top-20-attractions-san-francisco|title=Top 20 Attractions in San Francisco|newspaper=San Francisco Travel|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McLean |first=Tessa |title=San Francisco has almost 200 tiny streets. This is my favorite. |url=https://www.sfgate.com/essays/article/best-tiny-streets-alleyways-san-francisco-16386175.php |date=August 16, 2021 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US |access-date=October 26, 2022}}</ref>

The new Terminal Project at Pier 27 opened September 25, 2014, as a replacement for the old Pier 35.<ref>{{cite web|title=SFPort – James R. Herman Cruise Terminal Project at Pier 27|url=http://www.sfport.com/index.aspx?page=282|access-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref>

A heightened interest in conventioneering in San Francisco, marked by the establishment of convention centers such as Yerba Buena, acted as a feeder into the local tourist economy and resulted in an increase in the hotel industry: "In 1959, the city had fewer than thirty-three hundred first-class hotel rooms; by 1970, the number was nine thousand; and by 1999, there were more than thirty thousand."<ref>{{cite book|title=City for sale: The transformation of San Francisco|first=Chester |last=Hartman|publisher=University of California Press|year=2002|page=24}}</ref> The [[pink capitalism|commodification]] of the [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro District]] has contributed to San Francisco's tourist economy.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = San Francisco's Castro district: from gay liberation to tourist destination|journal = Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change|pages = 237–248|volume = 9|issue = 3|doi = 10.1080/14766825.2011.620122|first = Nan Alamilla|last = Boyd|year = 2011|s2cid = 143916613}}</ref>