The fear associated within the tourism industry of the potential affect of the latest Swine Flu pandemic has, at last, started to rear its ugly head as a state of emergency is declared in the USA. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8324070.stm
With over 1000 recorded deaths from the H1N1 virus, President Obama has been quoted as saying "The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities."
For a nation that is still recovering from terrorist strikes and (possibly) sleeping pilots, (see previous blog) this is another huge blow for their internal tourism market as well as for inbound tourists......
Barticus..
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