CUTTING LOSSES: Tourists will be a little...

CUTTING LOSSES: Tourists will be a little less numerous again this year, but that’s something of a victory. What with recession, quakes and rioting, officials feared large losses. . . . “We had a little backlash right after the L.A. riots, but everything’s back to normal,” says Elaine Cali of Anaheim’s tourist bureau. . . . At a recent tour operators show in San Francisco, “nobody even mentioned the riot, which surprised me.”

Tourist Spending

The county attracted 37.8 million tourists last year, down 1.5% from 1990, but the amount spent remained the same. in billions of dollars: 1987: $3.8 1988: $4.1 1989: $4.4 1990: $4.5 1991: $4.5 Source: Anaheim Visitor and Convention Bureau