Los Angeles idafika pachimake chodziwika bwino mu 2018, kulandira alendo 50 miliyoni kwa nthawi yoyamba ndikukwaniritsa cholinga chofuna kukopa alendo komwe akupita zaka ziwiri zisanachitike. Mbiri yatsopanoyi ndi alendo okwana 1.5 miliyoni kuposa chiwerengero cha 2017 - kuwonjezeka kwa 3.1 peresenti - kusonyeza chaka chachisanu ndi chitatu chotsatira cha kukula kwa zokopa alendo ku Los Angeles. Atsogoleri a City ndi Purezidenti wa Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board & CEO Ernest Wooden Jr. adalengeza zokondwerera pogwiritsa ntchito hologalamu yopangidwa ndi VNTANA yochokera ku Los Angeles, yemwe ndi wotsogola wotsogola wa zochitika zenizeni zosakanikirana, pamsonkhano wapadera wa malo okopa alendo ndi ochereza a LA. .

"Los Angeles ndi malo omwe aliyense ndi wolandiridwa, ndipo zokopa alendo zimalimbitsa kusiyanasiyana kwathu, zimakulitsa chuma chathu, komanso zimathandizira mabanja omwe amalipira bwino mumzinda wathu," atero Meya Eric Garcetti. "Kupitilira alendo opitilira 50 miliyoni pachaka zaka ziwiri zisanachitike ndiye gawo laposachedwa kwambiri pantchito yathu yobweretsa Los Angeles padziko lonse lapansi, komanso dziko lonse ku Los Angeles."

Podutsa alendo okwana 50 miliyoni, Los Angeles adakhazikitsa mbiri yatsopano yoyendera alendo akunyumba ndi kunja, kuchititsa alendo okwana 42.5 miliyoni (kuwonjezeka kwa 3 peresenti) ndi 7.5 miliyoni alendo ochokera kumayiko ena (kuwonjezeka kwa 3.6 peresenti).

Wojambula wapadziko lonse lapansi, katswiri wamasewera a Laker komanso wolemba nthano Kobe Bryant adalankhula mawu osangalatsa kwambiri, akugawana uthenga wabwino ndikulengeza LA ngati likulu lamasewera padziko lonse lapansi. Pogwirizana ndi VNTANA, LA Tourism inayamba zochitika zosakanikirana ndi Bambo Bryant kukumana ndi akatswiri pa PCMA Convening Leaders ku Pittsburgh kumayambiriro kwa January. LA Tourism idzagwira ntchito ndi VNTANA kuti ipangitse zowonjezera chaka chonse kuti abweretse chidziwitso cha LA mlendo pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wozama.

"Kupambana kopitilira 50 miliyoni kudakhazikitsidwa mchaka cha 2013 ngati cholinga cha nyenyezi yakumpoto pazantchito zokopa alendo, koma kuyang'ana kwathu mosasunthika pazovuta zake zazikulu zamagulu ndi mapindu ake azachuma zidasintha kukhala kulira kwa anthu onse ku Los Angeles," adatero Ernest Wooden. Jr., Purezidenti & CEO wa Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board. "Zikomo kwa utsogoleri wa mzinda wathu komanso othandizana nawo ochereza alendo chifukwa cha thandizo lawo losatha komanso ndalama zomwe zikupitilira zomwe zalimbitsa zokopa alendo ku LA monga chothandizira kukula kwachuma."

Mu 2018, misonkhano ya Los Angeles ndi bizinesi yayikulu idakhala ndi chaka cholimba pomwe mzindawu udachita misonkhano yachigawo 25 yomwe idapanga mahotelo opitilira 284,000 usiku. Mizinda yodziwika bwino idaphatikizapo American Academy of Neurology, yomwe idawonetsa opezekapo ndi mausiku opitilira 36,000 achipinda; msonkhano wotsegulira wa Mobile World Congress ku Los Angeles, womwe unapereka mausiku oposa 17,000; ndi E3 Expo, yomwe inali ndi kuwonjezeka kwa 14 peresenti m'chipinda cha usiku chaka ndi chaka pa 32,000-kuphatikiza. Gulu lodzigulitsa lokha la LA Tourism lapanga mbiri yakale ndi chiwonjezeko cha 20% pachaka komanso zipinda zopitilira 276,000 usiku zomwe zidasungidwira misonkhano ndi zochitika mu 2018. "

Pambuyo pakuchepa pang'ono mu 2017, kuchezeredwa kuchokera ku Mexico mu 2018 kudakwera kwambiri ndi alendo 1.8 miliyoni, chiwonjezeko cha 4 peresenti. China idalemba alendo opitilira 1.2 miliyoni, zomwe zidapangitsa Los Angeles kukhala malo oyamba ku US kwa apaulendo aku China (kuwonjezeka kwa 6.9 peresenti, phindu lalikulu kwambiri pakati pamisika yonse yapadziko lonse lapansi). Misika ina yapadziko lonse lapansi yomwe ikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwawo komwe adayendera mu 2018 ndi: Canada yokhala ndi 780,000 (kuwonjezeka kwa 4.5 peresenti); UK ndi 382,000 (kuwonjezeka kwa 3 peresenti); Japan ndi 349,000 (chiwonjezeko 2.5 peresenti); Scandinavia ndi 190,000 (kuwonjezeka kwa 3.9 peresenti); ndi India ndi 130,000 (kuwonjezeka kwa 5.1 peresenti).

Kukula kwa zokopa alendo ku LA kungabwere chifukwa cha zinthu zingapo kuphatikiza 3.6 peresenti ya kuchuluka kwa mipando yapadziko lonse ku Los Angeles International Airport (LAX); pafupifupi zipinda zatsopano 2,000 zomwe zawonjezeredwa kuzinthu za hotelo zomwe mukupita; Kutchuka kwa LA monga malo otentha ophikira komanso chikhalidwe; komanso kampeni yaposachedwa kwambiri yapadziko lonse ya LA Tourism, 'LA Loves' yomwe idakulitsa ndi kukulitsa uthenga wolandirika ndi wochereza potsatira njira yodziwika bwino ya 'Aliyense Ndi Wolandiridwa'.

Chaka chatha, zokopa alendo zinathandizira pafupifupi ntchito zoposa 547,000 mu gawo la Leisure & Hospitality, limodzi mwa zazikulu ku LA County. Mwa magawo 11 akuluakulu apamwamba mu County, gawo la Leisure & Hospitality mu 2018 linapanga kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa chaka ndi chaka pantchito zatsopano ndi 22,996 (kuwonjezeka kwa 4.4 peresenti).

Mahotelo okwana 30.1 miliyoni usiku (kufunidwa kwa chipinda) adagulitsidwa m'chigawo chonse, chiwonjezeko cha 2.4 peresenti. Ziwerengero zikuwonetsa kuti alendo akuyembekezeka kupanga ndalama zosachepera $288 miliyoni pazosonkhetsa misonkho za anthu okhala mumzinda wa Los Angeles mu 2018, mbiri yakale. Ndalamazi zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pothandizira ozimitsa moto, apolisi komanso zikhalidwe ndi zosangalatsa.