I-Los Angeles ifinyelele ingqopha-mlando ngo-2018, yokwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-50 ngokokuqala ngqa futhi yafeza umgomo wezokuvakasha wendawo ekuyiwa kuyo kusasele iminyaka emibili. Irekhodi elisha liyizivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.5 ngaphezu kwesamba sango-2017 - ukukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angu-3.1 - okuphawula unyaka wesishiyagalombili olandelanayo wokukhula kwezokuvakasha e-Los Angeles. Abaholi bedolobha kanye noMongameli weBhodi Lezokuvakasha & Lenkomfa lase-Los Angeles kanye no-CEO u-Ernest Wooden Jr. benze isimemezelo sokugubha umkhosi besebenzisa ihologram edalwe i-VNTANA yase-Los Angeles, umhlinzeki oholayo wezinto ezingokoqobo ezixubile, embuthanweni okhethekile womphakathi wezokuvakasha nokungenisa izihambi we-LA. .
“I-Los Angeles iyindawo lapho wonke umuntu wamukelekile khona, futhi ezokuvakasha ziqinisa ukuhlukahluka kwethu, zikhulise umnotho wethu, futhi zeseke imisebenzi eholela kahle emindenini edolobheni lethu lonke,” kusho iMeya u-Eric Garcetti. “Ukweqa izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-50 minyaka yonke kusasele isikhathi esimisiwe kuyingqopha-mlando yakamuva emsebenzini wethu oqhubekayo wokuletha i-Los Angeles emhlabeni, kanye nomhlaba wonke e-Los Angeles.”
Ezivakashini ezidlula izigidi ezingu-50, i-Los Angeles yabeka amarekhodi amasha ezokuvakasha okuvakasha kwasekhaya nekwamanye amazwe, yasingatha izivakashi zasekhaya ezilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-42.5 (ukunyuka kwamaphesenti ama-3) kanye nezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe eziyizigidi ezingu-7.5 (ukunyuka kwamaphesenti angu-3.6).
Isithonjana sezemidlalo emhlabeni wonke, isihlabani sikaLaker nomxoxi wezindaba u-Kobe Bryant wethule isikhathi esimnandi ngehologram exoxayo yosayizi wokuphila, wabelana ngomlayezo wokuhalalisela futhi wamemezela i-LA njengenhloko-dolobha yezemidlalo emhlabeni. Ngokusebenzisana ne-VNTANA, i-LA Tourism yaqala ngesipiliyoni sangempela esixubile noMnu. Bryant sokuhlangana nochwepheshe ku-PCMA Convening Leaders e-Pittsburgh ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari. I-LA Tourism izosebenzisana ne-VNTANA ukukhiqiza ukuvuselelwa okwengeziwe unyaka wonke ukuze kuphile isipiliyoni sesivakashi se-LA sisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokucwilisa.
"Ingqopha-mlando yezigidi ezingu-50 yabekwa ngo-2013 njengomgomo wenkanyezi yasenyakatho embonini yezokuvakasha, kodwa ukugxila kwethu okungantengantengi emthelela omkhulu womphakathi kanye nezinzuzo ezibonakalayo zezomnotho kwaguqulela ngaphandle komthungo kwaba ukukhala komphakathi kuyo yonke i-Los Angeles," kusho u-Ernest Wooden. Jr., umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board. "Sibonga ubuholi bethu bedolobha kanye nozakwethu bokwamukela izihambi ngokuseseka kwabo okungapheli kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okuqhubekayo okuqinise ezokuvakasha e-LA njengento ekhuthaza ukukhula komnotho."
Ngo-2018, imihlangano yase-Los Angeles nebhizinisi lemihlangano yajabulela unyaka oqinile njengoba idolobha libambe imihlangano yedolobha lonke engama-25 ekhiqize ubusuku obungaphezu kuka-284,000 bamagumbi amahhotela. Idolobha lonke eliphawulekayo lalihlanganisa i-American Academy of Neurology, eyaqopha umlando wokuba khona kwamakamelo ubusuku obungaphezu kuka-36,000 obukhona; i-Mobile World Congress e-Los Angeles, eyakhiqiza ubusuku obungaphezu kuka-17,000 bamagumbi; kanye ne-E3 Expo, eye yanda ngamaphesenti angu-14 kubusuku begumbi unyaka nonyaka ngo-32,000-plus. Ithimba le-LA Tourism lizenzele irekhodi ngonyaka ngokunyuka ngamaphesenti angama-20 unyaka nonyaka kanye nobusuku obungaphezu kuka-276,000 obubhukhelwe imihlangano nemicimbi ngo-2018.
Ngemuva kokuncipha kancane ngo-2017, ukuvakashelwa okuvela eMexico ngo-2018 kwathola isamba sakhona esiphezulu kunazo zonke ngezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.8, okuwukunyuka ngamaphesenti angu-4. I-China iqophe izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.2, okwenza i-Los Angeles yaba idolobha lokuqala elikleliswe e-US kubavakashi baseShayina (ukunyuka kwamaphesenti angu-6.9, inzuzo enkulu kunazo zonke phakathi kwazo zonke izimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe). Ezinye izimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe eziqopha isamba sazo esiphezulu sokuvakasha esake safika ngo-2018 zifaka: I-Canada enezi-780,000 (ukunyuka kwamaphesenti angu-4.5); I-UK enama-382,000 (amaphesenti angu-3 akhuphuka); eJapane nabangu-349,000 2.5 (ukwanda kwamaphesenti angu-190,000); eScandinavia nabangu-3.9 130,000 (ukwanda kwamaphesenti angu-5.1); kanye ne-India ngezi-XNUMX (ukwanda kwamaphesenti angu-XNUMX).
Ukukhula kwezokuvakasha kwe-LA kungase kubangelwe izici ezimbalwa ezihlanganisa ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-3.6 kwenani lezihlalo zamazwe ngamazwe e-Los Angeles International Airport (LAX); cishe amagumbi amasha angu-2,000 angezwe kuhlu lwamahhotela ale ndawo; Idumela elikhulayo le-LA njengendawo eshisayo yokupheka namasiko; kanye nomkhankaso wakamuva womhlaba wonke we-LA Tourism, 'LA Loves' owanweba futhi wakhulisa umlayezo wokwamukela nokwamukela izihambi kulandela umkhankaso owaziwayo othi 'Wonke umuntu Wamukelekile'.
Ngonyaka odlule, ezokuvakasha zisekele isilinganiso semisebenzi engaphezu kuka-547,000 emkhakheni wezokungcebeleka nokwamukela izihambi, ongomunye wemikhulu e-LA County. Emikhakheni eyi-11 emikhulu eSifundazweni, umkhakha Wezokungcebeleka Nokwamukela Izihambi ngo-2018 ukhiqize ukwanda okukhulu konyaka nonyaka kwemisebenzi emisha ngama-22,996 (amaphesenti angama-4.4 akhuphuka).
Ubusuku bamagumbi amahhotela oburekhodiwe obuyizigidi ezingu-30.1 (isidingo samagumbi) buye bathengiswa ezweni lonke, okuwukunyuka okungamaphesenti angu-2.4. Izilinganiso zibonisa ukuthi izivakashi kulindeleke ukuthi zenze okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-288 ekuqoqweni kwentela yendawo yokuhlala yeDolobha lase-Los Angeles ngo-2018, okuyirekhodi. Lawa madola asetshenziselwa ukuxhasa izicishamlilo zendawo, amaphoyisa kanye nezinkonzo zamasiko nezokungcebeleka.
