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L.A. Tourism Likely to Grow.


The opening of a new theme park next to Disneyland and booming business at luxury properties along the coast are expected to help fuel solid growth next year for hotels in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County.

Expensive new properties are expected to continue pushing hotel room rates higher in beach resort areas throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , local tourism experts say.

Tourist visits to Los Angeles County should rise 2.9 percent next year, in part because of spillover spill·o·ver  
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 from Disney's California Adventure Disney's California Adventure is a theme park in Anaheim, California, adjacent to Disneyland Park and part of the larger Disneyland Resort. It opened on February 8, 2001. The park is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company.  theme park, which is set to open in February, according to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.

Meanwhile, room rates overall should get a boost from well-performing luxury hotels, with forecasters predicting a 4.5 percent jump in L.A. County to an average of $126.50 a night.
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Dec 18, 2000
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