Joni Chatroom: http://www.jmdl.com/chat.cfm NE JoniFest 2001: http://www.jmdl.com/jfne2001.cfm Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Garrett wrote: > BUT, thousands of tourists and millions of tourists pounds will be lost > instead. it was reported today that tourists from britain, usa, and japan > in particular have cancelled planned visits here for St Patricks. teh news > tells us that something like IR#40million will be the oppurtunity cost of > saturday and sunday 17th and 18th of march. > i just like to hear myself moan. sorry for the rant Ashara, and everyone > else. i'm still reeling from the cancelling of Paddy's Day:-( That is terrible that they've cancelled Paddy's Day. The entire epidemic is terrible. I hope there might be some unexpected offset to the potential loss of tourism. Not that this is a good thing but maybe the airlines, hotels, etc. will have to slash their rates and that could potentially result in an influx of tourists and their dollars. The L.A. Times did quite a front page article about a week ago that talked in Apocalyptic terms regarding the situation in Britain. I was reading about the foot and mouth disease and although it is devastasting to the market, the livestock version of it does not transfer to humans. Humans can get another strain of foot and mouth but, according to the medical websites, it's very rare and very mild if one contracts it. Maybe the publicity machines need to get in gear to emphasize this and get those tourists back on the road again. Kakki
