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Bureau, the dining activity is more than a third higher than at this point in 2019. >> on the other side of the country, santa monica is also heavily dependent on tourism. now the famous pier is flush with visitors again. >> so standing on the pier in santa monica, and this is a small tourism city that relies so heavily on tourism, the tax base was o political rated in the lock down and the mayor saying now they are back. people are on the beach and she says this is important for the entire psyche and mental health of all of southern california

Talking about the need for law enforcement to keep a close eye on these crowds. >> the one thing that we've seen over the last few months has been an increase in both volume and disorder. what i mean by that is we're getting more people than we've ever -- than have ever come here, even on weekday nights. if you get 25,000 or 50,000 people in a small little area, which what is you're talking about, just a small percentage feel like they're acting out, it's very hard to control that without a huge presence of policing. >> reporter: hundreds of miami beach police officers are all hands on deck th...

There are businesses here very happy to see all these people come with the dollars flowing in after a difficult economic year. right now the hotel occupancy in this county is back to where it was in 2019 during this same week. and according to the convention and visitors bury they're saying that the dining activity, people dining out is actually more than a third higher than this point in 2019. natasha chen, cnn, miami beach, florida. >> thanks for that. so parts of europe are also reopening to international tourists as more people get vaccinated, but there are still some problem areas even as...

Occupancy during the same week in 2019. is so that is a big deal. dining activity is actually more than a third higher than at this point in 2019. also according to the convention and visitors bureau using open table data. another industry that is putting a lot of hopes on this memorial day weekend is the movie theater industry. those have been closed for so many months during the past year, and yesterday i met a few people who were walking into see a movie for the first time since the pandemic. >> coming in and smelling popcorn, seeing all the pictures of the new movies coming out, it feels p...