bed tax is for tourism, it`s not just another slush fund.
- Brian McFaddenCultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco`s art industry as a core reason for visiting.
- Gavin NewsomThe only sliver of a silver lining is that the tourism industry has held its own.
- Patrick AndersonTraditionally, the third and fourth quarters are the peak for tourism on a higher number of conferences and conventions during that time, ... This, in addition to the Disney effect, will likely lead to stronger tourist spending.
- Daniel ChanTo have this award is just an awesome, positive event for the city, ... It helps to bring the communities together and promote tourism at the same time.
- Barbara KellyThe tourism community took a stand and decided to do a number of measures to get rid of spring breakers.
- Jessica TaylorIt`s too early to say, but the damage (to the tourism industry) is potentially in the tens of millions of dollars.
- Chris James(As federal troops and rescue workers poured into still-flooded New Orleans, the Smiths pondered the future of their city. Geof worried about the lack of tourism revenue without Mardi Gras or the Saints football games. But both brothers hope the city will be rebuilt better than before. ) Driving out, I was pretty beat down, ... I was sad and embarrassed and I was like a lot of people that you might have seen on the news saying, `I`m not coming back.` But all these places—like Florida after their hurricanes, or Los Angeles after the riots—they`ve recovered. I`m going to do what I can to make it better. And I think there`s so much that`s not destroyed.
- Jay SmithThe travel and tourism industry, it`s just a huge part of our economy.
- Karen HughesThe implementation of the government`s disengagement plan is not harming tourism to the country.
- Eli CohenTourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal.
- Guy DebordThe most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.
- Jim FowlerIt is with regret that the board has decided to close Celtica at the end of March 2006. Unless external organisations find £250,000 of capital investment by December 2005, the attraction will close at the end of the tourism season.
- Michael JonesWe believe that the direct loss of jobs related to travel and tourism has been close to 3 million.
- Kevin MurphyWe found that $3 billion is likely to be lost from the tourism industry in the region -- but that is turning out to be a conservative estimate.
- James MurrayAnd the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
- Albert AndersonTourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs.
- Albert AndersonNevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.
- Allen StockbergerThe travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Florida, California, New York and Nevada, to name a few.
- Amadeu Altafaj TardioDomestic travel and tourism-related spending has reached $1 trillion a year.
- Amadeu Altafaj TardioIn the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.
- Amit ShankardassWe will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug pushers and smugglers and others who seek to break the law.
- Amy BaylorThe South is a great driving destination for tourism - heritage, cultural and many other types of tourism.
- Andrea WestIt`s a critical issue for the state. If we start taxing views, and that view doesn`t belong to the people being taxed for it, it will change the landscape of our state and erode our No. 1 industry, tourism,
- Ann PidgeonWe`re going to drive the people off the land who have been living on it and working it for generations. It`s going to destroy our No. 1 industry: tourism.
- Ann PidgeonThis job is well-suited for people who want to work hard. Some of the people who work here just love horses and some are interested in travel and tourism. But many are here because of the location in the mountains and the experience of moving to a western state.
- Anna DeForgeAs we`ve seen the rise of cultural, environmental and educational tourism in adventure travel, we`ve also seen the rise of female participation. Part of that is due to changes in women`s attitudes about their own abilities. As more women participate in such things as fly-fishing, whitewater kayaking and bicycling, we`re also seeing concurrent growth in those areas in adventure travel.
- Anthony BaccamThe proximity is still close, and it`s still a draw from a tourism aspect. And being at the home of one of our league institutions, whatever team from our league and its fans come here will know the lay of the land.
- Anthony BiondoBeing the best-kept secret is not a good strategy when you`re in the tourism industry.
- Anthony PriorThis summer we`re gonna be mighty close, we`ll have about 85 percent of all of our tourism product back in.
- Anton KruckyWe are committed to building on the success of last year`s event and at the same time grabbing the opportunity to promote Bahrain as a hub for tourism and business in the region.
- Arlene S. HallThis one-of-a-kind museum will help promote tourism in a beautiful, historic region of the country that has been struggling economically.
- Artez FosterThere will be an initial negative impact on tourism based on the fear of flying as well as on people`s fear of being in what they could call a target area.
- Arthur HellmanBecause Naples is such a gathering point for tourism and also for many people in the county, how we govern and legislate here affects all those people.
- Austin O'MalleyWe`re going to see a variety of passengers. There will certainly be corporate consumers, there will also be people going there for tourism.
- Azyumardi AzraOur quality of life of our citizens is impacted by the tourism economy that we have,
- Barry Armstrong