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Sep 2023
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San Francisco is looking east to expand tourism numbers.

A new billboard up in Times Square is the latest part of a new 6-million dollar worldwide ad campaign by San Francisco Travel, hoping to turn around the "doom loop" narrative.

For more, Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

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