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Australians the top overseas visitors to LA,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
As California attempts to fight its way out of the recession and 12 per cent-plus unemployment, the economy has received a significant boost from Down Under tourists, with new figures showing Australians are now the No.1 overseas visitors to Los Angeles.
Attracted by the skyrocketing Australian dollar,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], bargain airfares, theme parks and the lure of spotting a celebrity, 339,000 Australians visited the city last year,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a 46 per cent increase on 2009, according to the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"Whenever I speak to hotels,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], theme parks or restaurants in our city,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I receive so many positive comments about the Australians who visit and just how friendly they are,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],'' Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau president Mark Liberman said.
Mr Liberman said a number of factors helped the Aussie tourist surge,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including the Australian dollar that a decade ago was worth less than $US50, but in 2010 caught up,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or exceeded, the greenback.
With American retailers suffering from the recession and offering big discounts on clothing, footwear,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], computers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], cameras and sporting equipment,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], cashed up Aussies are travelling to the US with empty suitcases so they can fill them up with bargain shopping.
The decision by two major airlines - Delta and V Australia - to compete with Qantas and United on the Australia-US routes brought cheaper airfares.
Along Beverly Hills's high-end Rodeo Drive shopping strip yesterday, where boutiques including Salvatore Ferragamo, Hugo Boss,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Brooks Brothers, and Juicy Couture displayed ``sale'' signs in their windows,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Australian accents were almost as common as American accents.
"There's a lot of Aussies about,'' Travis Austin, visiting from Perth,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], said outside the Versace store. He and girlfriend Jessica Ferguson are spending two weeks in the US.
Ms Ferguson said she had been restrained with her shopping, but planned to hunt for handbags and other items in LA.
Sydney's Walsh family embarked on a hit-and-run Beverly Hills shopping trip,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with father Ken and 12-year-old son Michael heading to the massive Niketown superstore for shoes while mother Jill and 16-year-old daughter Sarah ventured to Juicy Couture.
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