US Tourism Down 17% Since 2001

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First Posted: 03-12-07 11:47 AM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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Reuters:

Maryellen Fleming-Hoffman manages a gift store on the plunging rim of the Grand Canyon, where visitors come to marvel at one of the world's greatest attractions.

Business is good, local travel is buoyant, although one thing is different: foreign visitors to the canyon, like other U.S. tourist attractions, are no longer coming in the numbers they once did, she says.

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Filed by Katharine Zaleski
 



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