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UK market helps drive LA towards pre-pandemic visitation levels

Destinations
Will Payne
25 May 2023

The UK and Irish market was the third largest international market visiting Los Angeles in 2022, helping the destination inch towards pre-pandemic visitation levels.

Desire to travel to the US is strong, but concerns remain over cost (Pic:Unsplash)

It comes as Los Angeles Tourism, the destination marketing and sales organisation for LA, reported $34.5bn (£28bn) in total business sales in 2022, reaching 91% of 2019’s record-setting levels with 46.2 million visitors.

The city saw 300,000 visitors from the UK and Ireland last year, making it the third largest international market behind only Mexico and Canada.

In 2022, international visitation increased by nearly two million visitors, representing an 81.7% year-on-year increase from 2021.