Visit California.com

About Visit California.com and tourist info

Visit California
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1100, Sacramento, CA 95814
USA

+1 916 444 4429

mail: web@visitcalifornia.com

#VisitCalifornia

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Top 10 Tourist Attractions of California

1. 01
   Yosemite National Park
2. 02
   San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
3. 03
   Disneyland Resort
4. 04
   Alcatraz Island
5. 05
   Big Sur

1. 01
   Lake Tahoe
2. 02
   Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
3. 03
   Universal Studios Hollywood
4. 04
   Hearst Castle
5. 05
   Santa Monica Pier

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History of the website and Tourism Marketing in California

Visit California.com
Domain registration date: 10-11-1998

Timeline

1985 first Internet Domains registered
VB.com/1985

1994 Registation of the domain
Hotels.com 30-03-1994

1995 / 1996 The first Visitor Bureau,
VBs or CVBs start to use the prefix "Visit"

1996 California Divison of Tourism launches it's DMO website gov style internet address gocalif.ca.gov

1998 Registration of the domain
VisitCalifornia.com
10-11-1998

2000 Launch of the website by the California Divison of Tourism during times of governor Gray Davis and the management of Caroline Beteta and Barbara Steinberg

The historic domain gocalif.ca.gov is replaced by Visit Califonia.com

California becomes one of the pioneers of the now famous
"Visit" domain format for Tourist websites.

2020 Ad Campaign the Ultimate Playground

The award winning TV spots feature Californians in different locales, all contributing to keep a beach ball up in the air.
The locations include a San Francisco cable car, sequoias in Northern California, sunny beaches, an outdoor wedding in Temecula and a Palm Springs swimming pool.
The background music is “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra.

2026 In recognition of Visit California's pioneering impact the website is featured on a mutitude of Europen
Visit Sites like Visit Bad Godesberg.com or Visit Bad Reichenhall.com

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The website Visit California.com is created by the Creative Ad Agency
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