Business
California tourism firms boost hiring, sign of further economic gains
June 21, 2013
With summer in California officially under way Thursday, employers in the state’s leisure and hospitality industry have beefed up their payrolls ahead of the busy tourism season.
Travel & Experiences
Tourism: Southern California tourism next year is expected to surpass this year’s record showing, given projected growth in conventioneers and foreign visitors, even from financially troubled Asia.
Dec. 27, 1998
Los Angeles County is the second most popular tourist destination for international visitors to the U.S. and the fourth for domestic travelers, with more than 24 million visitors in 2004.
Oct. 25, 2005
Last Saturday marked the end of National Tourism Week--something taken seriously in Orange County, where visitors last year spent $5.3 billion, according to the Anaheim Area Visitor & Convention Bureau.
May 25, 1989
World & Nation
European Tourism Merger Talks Stall: Efforts to form Europe’s third-largest tourism firm broke down when the two firms involved, Club Med and the air charter group, Nouvelles Frontieres, backed away from a preliminary agreement reached in April.
Aug. 29, 1989
Tourism: Visitors flock to industrial Ruhr Valley to see plays such as ‘Cats’ and ‘Starlight Express.’
Jan. 5, 1997
MOVE over, Florida. California may be the tourism hot spot this year.
May 21, 2006
Los Angeles County’s tourism industry grew by nearly 6% last year, the highest growth rate of any major job sector in the region, according to new employment data.
March 31, 2015
Travel: Drop fueled by fears about a dramatic decrease in tourism and consumer spending.
Sept. 19, 2001