The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (L.A. Tourism) announced recently that Los Angeles hosted 45.5 million visitors in 2015 – setting a new record. The 45.5 million visitors lead to an increase of 2.8 percent from 2014 and also broke the visitation records for the fifth straight year.
“Los Angeles is a place where the world comes together for cultural experiences and celebrated attractions that cannot be found anywhere else,” said Mayor Garcetti. “Our city keeps setting records in the tourism sector because we are investing billions at our airport, in mass transit, and other assets that are making L.A. more exciting and accessible than ever. The sky’s the limit.”
Both domestic and international visitation tourism records were set this past year with total domestic visitation hitting 38.8 million and 6.7 million international visitors. The 38.8 million domestic visitors are responsible for a 2.8 percent increase over 2014 and then 6.7 million international visitors resulted in an increase of 3.3 percent from the last year.
“We want to recognize and congratulate our hospitality community for their passion and dedication, which has allowed us to celebrate our fifth consecutive year of record-breaking visitation,” said Ernest Wooden Jr., president & CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board. “It’s these individuals and businesses that make Los Angeles such a dynamic destination that 45.5 million people traveled to experience it in 2015. These figures help propel us to our goal of welcoming 50 million visitors by 2020.”
Tourism supports more than 464,000 jobs in the Leisure & Hospitality sector in Los Angeles. It is estimated that in 2015 hotel visitors generated over $224 million in the City of Los Angeles’ transient-occupancy tax collections.
