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Originally Posted by BTinSF
^^^Sailors and marines coming and going from the Naval Base (and is Camp Pendleton in the metro?)??
Also, I can tell you that Arizona practically evacuates to the San Diego area beaches on summer weekends.
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I personally wouldn't count Camp Pendleton, I consider that part of the San Diego metro area. The World Tourism Organization defines a tourist as someone who travels at least 50 miles from home for the purpose of recreation.
I guess enough Arizonans travel to San Diego every year to bump up the numbers? Still, I don't consider San Diego to be a major national/international tourist destination as compared to San Francisco, which is why the numbers surprise me.