Downtown LA is the only part of the city where one can feel that Los Angeles is actually a modern city with high-rise offices and hotels, historic buildings, and bustling thoroughfares.
The Convention Center, Performing Arts Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art are the main tourist attractions in an area that more about business than pleasure.
Chinatown and Little Tokyo on the eastern edge of downtown LA offer Asian flavored environments with numerous restaurants just a few blocks from the office towers.