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...philosophy of the parks away from excessive commercialism. "The parks should be the environmental reservoirs of the world, places we populate with songbirds and other species," says Paul Pritchard, president of the National Parks and Conservation Association. "They are not there to provide more accommodations for visitors and more tourism dollars...
...group would be hard-pressed to hold back the crush of tourism. During the peak summer months, 7,000 visitors a day transform Yosemite Valley into an urbanized village of noisy bumper-to-bumper traffic and bicycle jams. To many nature lovers, the land that pioneering preservationist John Muir extolled for its "spiritual glow" and "sublime mountain beauty" has already been irreversibly damaged...
...sale of MCA to Matsushita stirs a debate over who should reap the profits from tourism in America's national parks...
...Cigar Doesn't anyone return Fidel Castro's phone calls these days? The aging dictator saw most of his communist soul mates get tossed onto the dustheap of history, and the cash-strapped Soviets may be close to ending their $5 billion annual subsidy. Castro's efforts to expand tourism won't make up the difference...
Kamori Kanko Co. is heading downhill -- and happy about it. Early this month the Japanese tourism firm said it had agreed to buy Heavenly Valley, the ski resort near Lake Tahoe, for an estimated $90 million. The sale would mean that Kamori Kanko will play host to more U.S. skiers than any other company. The firm, controlled by Sapporo businessman Katsuo Kamori, 83, and his son Kimihito, 47, also owns the ski resort of Steamboat Springs, Colo., which the Kamoris bought last year for a reported $110 million. The elder Kamori has not confined his interest to the slopes. Besides...