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Expensive Gas Travel: California Tourism Seeing Ups and Downs

July 10, 2008 at 6:02 PM | 0 Comments

Costa Mesa, California is so quiet these days that the city's tourism bureau is giving out $25 dining coupons and $25 gas credits for every night visitors stay. Stay three nights and you'll get $50 for gas. One local hotel exec even says $100 vouchers aren't far off.

The California Travel & Tourism Commision says thats a symptom of a nation-wide cutback in travel, though a recent survey on travel habits revealed that only 40 percent of people would change their summer plans because of gas prices. Instead, they're traveling, just closer to home, which in SoCal means heading to Disneyland.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the theme park is sucking up plenty of business thanks to expensive gas, but the company doesn't divulge attendance figures. Also undoubtedly taking advantage of Disney this summer? European tourists, drunk off the power of their euros.

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· Why Disneyland Is Thriving In Rough Economy [NPR]
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