Riverside County Office of Economic Development Profile

Visitors spent $7.4 billion in Greater Palm Springs in 2024. These direct impacts generated an additional $1.7 billion through supply chain (indirect) and income (induced) effects. As a result, the total economic impact of visitors reached $9.1 billion in 2024. The Eastern Region has excellent transportation access through various means. Interstate 10 links Eastern Riverside County with Southern California and southern states, while State Route 86 is a United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) freight corridor that connects the Coachella Valley with Mexico. Significant investments have been made in recent years to improve six highway interchanges along the Interstate 10 Coachella Valley corridor. The region is also served by three airports, including Palm Springs International Airport, Bermuda Dunes, and Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, and Union Pacific rail service traverses the area. $9.1 billion. Direct visitor spending sustained more than 40,000 jobs in the region. All of these workers combined would fill the Acrisure Arena (capacity 11,000) nearly four times.. Diversed Industries Apart from tourism and hospitality, the Eastern Region is home to other important industries like accommodation and food services, healthcare and social assistance, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services along with arts, entertainment and recreation. Native American resorts resorts and gaming operations, along with the region’s nearly 125 golf courses, are also great attractions. Excellent Transportation Access

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Over the last 10 years Job growth in the region has consistently grown at 1.5% which is greater

The Eastern Region is geographically the largest, covering more than two-thirds of Riverside County. It stretches from the windmills at the entrance to the Coachella Valley, south to the Salton Sea, and east to the Colorado River and Arizona state line. The Coachella Valley includes the cities of Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage. The Coachella Valley also covers the unincorporated communities of Bermuda Dunes, Desert Edge, Indio Hills, Mecca, Idyllwild/Pine Cove. North Shore, Oasis, Sky Valley, Desert Palms, Thermal, Thousand Palms and Vista Santa Rosa. East of the Coachella Valley are the unincorporated communities of Chiriaco Summit and Desert Center. The Palo Verde Valley area includes the City of Blythe and the unincorporated communities of Mesa Verde and Ripley.

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