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...fling barges across bayous--it ripped a hole in the nation's economy. The storm crippled oil and gas production in the Gulf, idled refineries and chemical-processing plants and devastated New Orleans' $7 billion tourism industry. The city stands to lose more than $500 million a month in visitor dollars. J. Stephen Perry, head of the Convention and Visitors Board, says the empty and damaged hotels "are like Baghdad on a bad day." But for the national economy, what's more critical is that Katrina disrupted a vital node in the country's transport network. You name the commodity...
...Burbank, California, headquartered company knows what it is talking about; it welcomed its 2 billionth visitor last week. And it is no stranger to tempestuous beginnings at an international park, at times caused by imposing a very American sensibility on foreign guests. When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, Disney famously banned wine from park restaurants, much to the dismay of European bons vivants. In Hong Kong, Disney went out of its way to tailor the park to local tastes. Its "imagineers" installed Main Street's first Chinese eatery, along with Fantasy Gardens where Mickey Mouse, local favorite Mulan and other...
...Burbank, California, headquartered company knows what it is talking about; it welcomed its 2 billionth visitor last week. And it is no stranger to tempestuous beginnings at an international park, at times caused by imposing a very American sensibility on foreign guests. When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, Disney famously banned wine from park restaurants, much to the dismay of European bons vivants. In Hong Kong, Disney went out of its way to tailor the park to local tastes. Its "imagineers" installed Main Street's first Chinese eatery, along with Fantasy Gardens where Mickey Mouse, local favorite Mulan and other...
...Barnett goes out of his way to say nothing about exiled Tibet, and every time Tibetans start to speak to him about their much-missed leader, the Dalai Lama, he shies away, if only because such conversations can have bloody repercussions for a Tibetan, if not for a foreign visitor...
...Land prices in some of Pattaya's beachfront areas have jumped 50% in the past two years, largely in anticipation of a visitor boom. "The airport is going to bring Pattaya more tourism and investment," says Soamaphat Traisorat, deputy CEO of Bangkok-based developer TCC Capital Land, which is building luxury villas and condos by Jomtien Beach, 5 km from downtown. "If someone wants to hold a conference or a business meeting in Thailand, they'll be able to do it in Pattaya just as easily as in Bangkok, and they'll get to be on the beach...