San Francisco Chinatown Ready For Large Crowds During APEC Summit

CBS San Francisco

November 6, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO -- Community members and merchants in San Francisco's Chinatown are making a big push to attract international tourists who will be in the city for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Week to visit their neighborhood.

As a community that has historically relied heavily on tourism, Chinatown was one of the neighborhoods hit hardest by the economic effects of the pandemic.

Ed Siu, the chairman of the Chinatown Merchants United Association of San Francisco, said the area is recovering and things are getting better but Chinatown is still a way off from being the booming, vibrant community it was in the world before COVID.

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