Los Angeles Tourism announced that tourism to Los Angeles County generated $34.5 billion in total business sales in 2022, reaching 91% of 2019’s record-setting levels. The May 4 announcement, made at a joint event with Visit California and Los Angeles World Airports at the Tom Bradley International Terminal and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), kicked off California Tourism Month with optimism.
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2021 IAAPA Virtual Conference Focuses on Recovery and Resilience
IAAPA Presenters Explore How the Attractions Industry Can Adopt a Mindset of Resilience and Recovery to Resume Success in a Post-COVID World
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) hosted its 2021 Conference on April 7-8. The event focused on the recovery of the attractions industry in a post-COVID environment. Hosting the two-day conference was Johnathan Lee Iverson, showman and former ringmaster for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The forum utilized a virtual platform to accommodate restrictions and safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Professionals from the industry gathered together to share their stories of resilience and recovery through this challenging time.
Fox Cities Tourism Takes Major Hit in 2020, Already Seeing Track for Recovery in 2021 By Casey Nelson
May 3, 2021 4:08 PM
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) â Ten years of growth in visitor spending was brought to an abrupt halt in the Fox Cities last year. Tourism brought in $333 million in 2020 across the Fox Cities. Thatâs down a bit from the record-high of $511 million in 2019.
While the $333 million is still a substantial amount, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was evident.
âAbsolutely all of this spending decline was pandemic-related. Here in the Fox Cities, our tourism is really based on large group activities,â said Pam Seidl, Executive Director of the Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau. â[It was a] perfect storm with this pandemic being a disease where you they donât want groups of people gathering, and our tourism economy is based on large groups like meetings, conventions, sports tournaments.â