The
9-11 Tragedy brings Global Tourism to a Sudden Halt. while Watersports
Operators Struggle as Tourists Stay Home.
PSC Newswire - Orlando, Florida
by Mark McCulloh -PSC Chairman
Watersports
Operators Struggle as Tourists Stay Home.
The watersports industry has been hit hard by
the slowdown in Travel. Some operators are closing businesses and laying
off employees. With fifty percent of the worlds tourists arriving by air,
the risk associated with flying and long lines appear to have discourage
travel.
The USA tourism has been particularly
hard-hit. The overall hotel occupancy rate nationwide dropped by 45 percent at
a time when it normally would be about 75 percent. All 50 states, to
some extent, depend upon tourism. But the two states expected to be hurt the
most are the sun-drenched destinations of Florida and Hawaii.
Hawaii's tourism is the lifeblood of the
state, a multibillion-dollar industry that depends on full hotels all year
long, and tourists from all over the world spending millions of dollars. In
Orlando, Florida, home of Disney World and many other amusement parks,
business is down to less than 10 percent of normal in some hotels.
"However, behind every sad story,
there's a big smile, and I believe we're going to be smiling again at the end of all
this."
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