Greater LA
LA tourism and hotels take serious hits from pandemic
The pandemic has had a crushing effect on the tourism industry in Southern California and worldwide.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenThe pandemic has had a crushing effect on the tourism industry in Southern California and worldwide. Today, Greater LA looks closely at LA’s hotels, hearing about what hotel workers have had to deal with and about the successes and failures of Project Roomkey, the program to pay struggling hotels to house people experiencing homelessness.
In this episode
3 storiesMany LA hotels are at risk of shutting down permanently during pandemic
The pandemic has had a crushing effect on the tourism industry in Southern California and worldwide. The leisure and hospitality industry is a huge economic driver in the region.
Read the story10 minLA hotel workers fear catching COVID-19. Stories from room attendants and front desk workers
LA County hotels fully reopened in June. Thousands of hotel workers face similar risks as nurses, grocery store workers, and restaurant staff.
Read the story7 minWhy ‘Project Roomkey’ fell so short of its goal to house 15,000 Angelenos experiencing homelessness
As some hotel rooms sit empty, tens of thousands of people live on the streets of Los Angeles. At the beginning of the pandemic, city and county leaders planned to solve the two problems at once.
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