2012 was a record breaking year for L. a. with 41.4 million visitors and at a contemporary Tourism Week breakfast held Inside the city a brand new vision for town was unveiled. President and CEO of the l. a. Tourism & Convention Board (LA Tourism) Ernest Wooden Junior shared a brand new annual visitation goal of fifty million visitors to La by 2020. LA Tourism estimates that a rise to 50 million in total visitation will generate a rise of $14 billion in economic impact for L. a., for a complete of $44.5 billion; usher in $238 million in hotel tax revenue to the town; and add 68,000 new jobs to the l. a. region’s workforce for a complete of 392,000 jobs supported by the tourism industry in 2020. Last...
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