Fewer international visitors made for a desolate summer in L.A.

Monthly negative news triggered a difficult summer for tourism in Los Angeles, deepening economic problems for a city made by natural disasters and migration raids.

According to the latest figures in Visit California, tourist arrival fell close to 10% this season.

Regional economy and image experienced significant setbacks this year. In January, the shocking images of destructive Eaton and Palisades fires, then in June, made immigration pressure, global news and pushed visitors. Meanwhile, President Trump’s complex tariff policies And other geopolitical postures convinced many international tourists to avoid America.

There are fewer tourists on Hollywood Boulevard, and those who emerge spend less, Salim Osman says. It works like Ride Like A Star, an exotic automobile company that renters to visitors who take a luxury vehicle for a spin and renters to visitors who attract the most perfect La selfie.

Last year, crowds lined up to rent Ferraris and porch for about 200 dollars per hour. However, this summer pedestrian traffic fell approximately 50%.

He said along the boulevard, “he used to have shoulder shoulder shoulder.” “It is much harder for people to come here, or they’re afraid of what’s going on here, so they don’t come.”

The business was slow around the TCL Chinese Theater, where visitors placed their hands in concrete hand traces of celebrities such as Kristen Stewart and Denzel Washington.

There were fewer people to jump to the travel buses, to stand in the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and to take improvised photographs with characters who patrolled like Spiderman and Mickey Mouse. He says they have to increase the prices of Knick-Backs due to a decline in nearby souvenir shops, tariffs and sales.

Among the international travelers of the state, the most important absenteeism came from Canadian tourists. Visitors from Up North fell approximately 30% in June and July.

Mayor Ron Deharte, the summer in Palm Springs was good this year, but only because domestic tourists balanced the sharp decline in Canadians.

“We hurt our Canadian friends with the actions of the administration. It can be understood,” he said. “We don’t know how much they don’t want to travel to the US, but we hope it’s short -term.”

Visitors from China, India and Germany also avoided the state. Surprisingly, Mexican tourists did not stay away. Despite the ice raids, there was 5.4% more arrival than our southern neighbor.

Most Los Angeles decreased to the airport in traffic. The increasing decrease in the World Cup in the Books for next year and the rising tourism in 2028, which increased in the summer Olympics, is worrying for many people in all industries.

Long Beach Airport Director Cynthia Guidry, less airline programs, economic pressures and increasing costs also affect airport traffic, he said. He is still looking for ways to prepare the best for the Olympics that do not contain flight income such as food and souvenir shopping at the airport.

“We focused on attracting new service, increasing non -aeronautical income and managing costs to stay flexible,” he said.

Most of the leading attraction centers of the state are experiencing dry spells. Yosemite The commemoration day reported a decrease of up to 50% in booking before the weekend.

Dennis Speigel, Head of International Theme Park Services, a consulting company in the industry, says that this year is a “soft year için for most theme parks throughout the country.

The statue of “Marilyn forever” is working on visitors who participated in Weekly Palm Springs Villagefest along the museum road.

(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

There were less international visitors and more internal traffic, because more people adopt the idea of ​​Staycation or spend their holidays closer home.

“People in the areas where the parks stay in the regions,” he added that people stayed at home because of “general economy, media, tariffs, confusion, and uncertainty from the incoming uncertainty”.

Los Angeles and California are connected to tourism.

Last year, The tourism of the state reached a new summit with the visitorAccording to the 2024 Economic Impact Report from Visit California, it spent $ 157.3 billion with a 3% increase from 2023 and created 24,000 jobs.

Los Angeles Tourism President Adam Burke, “Los Angeles, California’nın primary international network gateway; effects are felt throughout the state,” he said. “When we look forward, long -term recovery will depend on global economic conditions and how the US is perceived abroad.”

Tourists walk in the famous stars in Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Dolby Theater.

(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

Australian tourists Geoffrey and Tennille Mutton ignored the warnings of their friends and their families to bring their two daughters to La

“Many people have changed America, Ger Geoffrey said, his family enjoyed the ice cream of Ben & Jerry outside Hollywood’s Dolby Theater. “They don’t want to come here and support this place.”