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The aim of this study is to provide a review of empirical studies on the retail development for generating urban tourism, in terms of urban regeneration, by location quotient (LQ) analysis in San Francisco. Studies point out that retail development deeply affects local's healthy economic enhancement, including urban tourism. The role of retail business in developing urban tourism is researched with special attention to urban regeneration in old inner cities in the U.S. Many American cities, for instance, have dealt with retail enhancement by means of mixed-use development. The results of the present study indicate retail production greater than consumption, which means that the research area have a higher than average concentration of retal employment. The analyses of LQ multiplier reveals that every job in the retail industry in San Francisco is associated with four to five jobs in the local economy. The present study argues that retail outlets are a good choice for developing urban tourism promotes increased human interaction for pursuing interactive urban tourism destination and generating visitor spending at tourism destination in urban spaces based on the results of bivariate correlation analysis.