Chinese Welcome in LA
By Bill Karz • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: news.
To kick off a historic week in Los Angeles, LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau formally welcomed the first ever official leisure tour groups from China to LA. Leisure groups from China are now allowed to visit the United States as the result of a significant agreement reached last year between the U.S. and China. Los Angeles expects to see a 50 percent increase in travel from China after the first 12 months. More than 200 Chinese visitors, traveling with tourism officials from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangchou joined LA City officials at Universal Studios Hollywood.
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Bill Karz is Managing Editor, LosAngelesNomad.com
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