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    Chinese tourists still love LA despite overall decline in visits to US

    by Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times Jul 01, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - For the first time in 15 years, the number of Chinese travelers to the U.S. dropped last year, a decline that travel experts attribute to trade tensions and a strong U.S. dollar that made purchases more expensive for Chinese visitors.

    But local tourism officials are not wringing their hands because Los Angeles may be defying the national trend, they say.

    To be sure, the growth of Chinese travel to Los Angeles has slowed. Visits grew by nearly 7% last year, down from 12% growth in 2017 and 20% in 2016, according to the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board.

    But the increase in visitors to Los Angeles is a stark departure from the overall declining trend in Chinese travelers

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