As China Reopens, Tourists Expected To Flock Back To LA
LA-ist
Chinese tourism to Los Angeles plummeted during the pandemic. But the local tourism industry is bullish on the China market since Beijing lifted quarantine requirements earlier this month
The L.A. Tourism and Convention Board projects that Chinese travelers to L.A. will exceed 570,000 in 2023
In 2019, nearly 1.2 million Chinese travelers visited L.A., contributing an estimated $3.3 billion to the local economy that year
In recent years, China has become the largest overseas market for L.A., with the number of Chinese visitors exceeding 1 million for the first time in 2016