adelcrow wrote on Aug 29
th, 2012 at 4:37pm:
Keating was the last idiot to want a tourism and services based economy. Does anyone remember what SARS did to tourism?
Remind us..coz I dont ever remember any govt policy that stopped me from having a holiday when and where I wanted it. [/quote]
Google busted or not responding?
Quote: How SARS Affects the Global Economy
Barbara Carroll, NewsMax.com
Monday, April 21, 2003
The SARS virus is hurting not just the airlines but also hotels, businesses and industries far from its epicenter. Companies in Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and the U.S. are feeling the effects of this worldwide outbreak.
Travel in Singapore is down about 60 percent, with hotel occupancy down 20 percent there and even more at many Hong Kong hotels, the London Times reported today. Retail sales have been cut by as much as half in both cities. Canadian hotels and restaurants are showing a sharp decline in domestic and tourism business. World conferences in Asia and Canada are being canceled, affecting an area of local economy that was previously a mainstay of such cities as Hong Kong and Toronto.
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/21/171234.shtml
Wow Saladin, how did you get that info?
Awwww shucks, it weren't nuthin.