Los Angeles Koreatown hotels enjoy occupancy rate of more than 90 percent, compared to the average 77.7 percent in the hotels in the Los Angeles County.
Increased visitors from Korea is a main factor for the high occupancy rate at such hotels as JJ Grand Hotel and Radisson Wilshire.
South Koreas conomic recovery has boosted the number of travelers to the United States, according to the Los Angeles office of the Korea Tourism Corporation.
During the first six months of this year, more than 330,000 Koreans visited the United States, an increase of 80,000 over the same period last year.