Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...France and the Middle East believe the bombings are a new attempt by Shi'ite terror groups to pressure the French government into releasing imprisoned terrorists in exchange for four Frenchmen kidnaped last year in Beirut. The terrorist attacks did nothing to improve the prospects for the European tourist industry. American bookings have fallen off so sharply in some countries that one Greek tourism official called it a "biblical catastrophe...
Kellogg's move has caused consternation among members of the local Chamber of Commerce. City boosters say that with no more plant tours, their tourist industry will lose its snap, crackle and pop. They may be right. The town's best remaining attractions are a bird sanctuary and the Battle Creek...
...that year, I had gone blind so often I could pay my own tuition--$6500--and Prince Paul of Ethiopia and I had become such good buddies that we opened a clandestine after-hours secret hamburger restaurant. I came back later like the most gauche American tourist. Ten watches, you know...
...farming area. Disney Vice President Richard Nunis claimed that the economic boost might be even greater. In Japan, he said, 150,000 jobs have been created in the Tokyo area as a result of the opening of the Disneyland there in 1983. The Japanese park has become a major tourist attraction for visitors from Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, and the French one could bring even more tourists from all over the world to France. Said Eisner: "The park will be at the crossroads of Europe." Travel agents are already talking about package tours including, say, three days...
...projected budget deficit of $1.3 billion for this year by drastically cutting subsidies on food and other consumer goods. To do so could lead to riots and a serious challenge to the government. The recent wave of terrorism is expected to cost the country's $500 milliona-year tourist industry as much as $100 million in canceled bookings...