Surge of international travelers coming to Disneyland and other California theme parks

International visitors volition soon instrumentality to Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and different California taxable parks erstwhile the United States lifts a question prohibition that has been successful spot passim the COVID-19 pandemic.

The United States volition reopen its borders to afloat vaccinated planetary travelers connected Nov. 8.

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International visitors arriving by aerial to the United States volition request to amusement impervious of vaccination and the antagonistic results of a caller COVID-19 test.

The U.S. volition judge planetary travelers who person received the Moderna, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson oregon immoderate COVID-19 vaccine authorized by the World Health Organization. Children nether 18 years aged and visitors with immoderate aesculapian issues are exempt from the vaccine requirements, but inactive request to amusement impervious of a antagonistic COVID-19 test.

The reopening of U.S. borders to vaccinated visitors has ignited a surge successful question searches and bookings, according to Visit California, the state’s question and tourism commission.

British Airways reported a 700% summation successful searches for trips to the Los Angeles country pursuing the announcement astir the reopening of U.S. borders to planetary travelers, according to Visit California.

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The instrumentality of planetary question is expected to beryllium a boon to the large U.S. taxable parkland hubs successful Southern California and Central Florida.

“Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort are thrilled to invited backmost our planetary visitors and are excited for them to bask their favourite experiences, rides and attractions crossed our taxable parkland destinations,” a Universal Studios Hollywood spokesperson said via email.

The bulk of SeaWorld San Diego’s pre-pandemic planetary visitors came from Mexico and China, according to parkland officials. SeaWorld expects to spot visitors from Mexico instrumentality archetypal followed by travelers from further distant successful the spring.

Before the pandemic, planetary visitors accounted for 12% of each tourism spending successful Anaheim and 33% successful Orange County, according to Visit California.

“With Orange County welcoming 4.6 cardinal planetary visitors successful 2019, it underscores the economical powerfulness of planetary question and the relation it volition play successful Anaheim’s economical recovery,” Visit Anaheim Chief Sales Officer Junior Tauvaa said successful a connection released by the nonprofit organization. “Home to world-class taxable parks and shopping, Anaheim and Orange County volition proceed to beryllium a beardown gully for planetary visitors.”

International visitors spent $28 cardinal successful California successful 2019, according to Visit California. Travelers from overseas walk more, enactment longer and question midweek and during off-peak seasons — making them the state’s astir lucrative guests.

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Disneyland and Disney California Adventure were astatine the apical of the bucket database for planetary travelers successful Visit California’s astir caller probe conducted successful September earlier the U.S. borderline reopening announcement was made. The percent of planetary visitors by state readying to sojourn Anaheim successful the adjacent 12 months: Mexico (52%), China (38%), Canada (26%), France (21%) and United Kingdom (20%).

Pent-up request for California taxable parks was a apical crushed for planetary travelers to sojourn the United States, according to a 2021 Destination Analysts nationalist visitant study.

Theme parks were among the apical reasons for Chinese travelers to sojourn the U.S. — with 37% of Chinese tourists successful the Destination Analysts survey saying they planned to sojourn a taxable parkland during their vacation.

Nearly one-third of Mexican travelers planned to sojourn a U.S. taxable park, according to the Destination Analysts survey. Theme parks were a apical crushed to sojourn the U.S. for tourists from the United Kingdom (22%), Canada (12%) and France (10%).

Brazilians topped the Destination Analysts survey with 39% saying they were motivated to sojourn the U.S. to spot taxable parks. Most Brazilians thin to caput to Walt Disney World, with Brazil tourists among the biggest radical of overseas visitors to Orlando, Florida.

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A caller Global Rescue question information survey recovered that planetary travelers privation outdoor activities successful uncrowded and distant spaces and “deal breakers” see overcrowded destinations and wide events.

“Travel interest is important but is steadily being overwhelmed by people’s tendency to travel,” Global Rescue question situation adept Dan Richards wrote successful a caller column. “There is tremendous pent-up request for leisure question that volition instrumentality spot arsenic soon arsenic countries trim oregon region borderline restrictions.”