SARS Continues to Dampen Tourism

First, it was 9/11. Then it was the War in Iraq. Now, it's SARS that is crippling the world tourism industry.

A survey in mid-April showed that more than 90 major corporations had banned employee travel to mainland China. Travel to Hawaii by Japanese visitors was down 23.5 percent in April, and bookings are off 36.5 percent in May and 33.3 percent for June, according to a report from the Japan Association of Travel Agents. Visitors to Chinatowns in New York City, LA and San Francisco are down due to fear on the disease.

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