Word: touristed
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...While she acknowledged the financial struggles the construction has created, she said that it is necessary to improve the safety of both pedestrians and motorists alike. But local store owners acknowledged that long-term benefits are difficult for them to look forward to in light of the upcoming summer tourist season. “It definitely will affect the tourist season and a lot of the summer business,” Kotelly said. Welcome agreed, “I hate to see what’s going to happen this summer.” She stressed that the customers ultimately...
Solana Beach is neither a beach nor, for the most part, a typical Southern California tourist destination. Rather, it is a laid-back slouch of a city about 20 miles north of San Diego. But it does have beaches, and on Sunday, around lunchtime, several unfamiliar vehicles pulled into the parking lot of the city's main waterfront area, Fletcher Cove Park...
...spite of it all--long lines, delays and indignities--Americans still travel. Even with a recession, demand in the U.S. is expected to grow 5% a year. Worldwide tourist visits are expected to double, to 1.6 billion, by 2020. It's one of the great missed business opportunities in recent memory: there are more flights connecting the U.S. to the rest of the world than ever, but U.S. airlines are flying fewer of them. "America led the world in aviation, and they should still be No. 1," says Steve Ridgway, CEO of Virgin Atlantic. "America built the planes that made...
...stay afloat is by branching out more into pop culture,” Reyes says. “You can sell a $3 comic to someone, but we’re right across the street from the Charles Hotel, so if you have a tourist who sees a $20 toy in the window, we want that toy sold.”Reyes does not rely solely upon selling accessories like toys to compete. Instead, subscriptions from student and professional fans are one pillar; the other is tourists needing their comics fix.“People who are into comics know...
...manufactured. San Diego may have a more innovative beer scene--guys experimenting with huge alcohol and huge bitterness--but it has only 28 breweries, and the intensity of the beer will freak out anyone who grew up on Bud. But Denver, dubbed the Napa of Beer, is the most tourist-friendly. It has 74 breweries within 100 miles (160 km) of downtown, restaurants that often offer beer-vs.-wine pairings, the yearly Great American Beer Festival and the country's first chief beer officer...