L.A. Tourism Industry Grows for 7th Consecutive Year

January 15, 2018
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Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown L.A. credit: Matt Marriott

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (L.A. Tourism) President & CEO Ernest Wooden Jr. announced Los Angeles welcomed 48.3-million visitors in 2017, setting a new tourism milestone for the seventh consecutive year. The record figure is 1-million visitors higher than 2016’s total, an increase of 2.2 percent, driven by an all-time high 41.2-million domestic visitors. International visitation overall grew 0.9 percent to a record 7.1-million visitors, outperforming both its projected forecast and inbound travel to the United States as a whole in 2017.

A contributing factor to L.A.’s year-over-year increase in international visitation is the resonance of a message of welcome. In April 2017, L.A Tourism launched an initiative called “Everyone is Welcome” which reinforced the city’s cultural diversity and inclusivity.

“Our ‘Everyone is Welcome’ campaign was the right message at the right time; it was a message of humanity and encouraged people around the globe to see the diversity of L.A.’s faces and places,” said Ernest Wooden Jr., president & CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board.

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