Impact Of Fuel Cost On Tourism

[MoMuskies]

Headed up to Northern Wisconsin on Saturday and the resort operator was telling me that he's practically empty. It appears that the high fuel costs is keeping his regulars closer to home. Do you think the same applies to our lakes and resorts? I've been out to local lakes and have not noticed a measurable change in either boat or highway traffic...

[Trav]

The lil Lady is in the tourism marketing biz and she says there is a mild set back, but her commute home tells her that things are the norm in Branson. Lots of traffic.

[Dutch]

I don't know about others but it has shut me down. I have cancelled a trip to Wisconsin and one to New Mexico.

[trout fanatic]

The only trip set in stone for me this year is my annual winter steelhead trip to the lake erie tribs in December. Everything else has been cut back.

[Brian Sloss]

Too early to tell how the fuel prices are affecting our business(river outfitter), outside of the higher cost we are paying at the pump. We had a poor spring, but that was due to floods shutting our doors for 6 weeks and cool weather after that. We seem to be back to around normal now, but the end of the summer figures will really tell the tale. We are thinking that a lot of trips to Florida, Wisconsin and the like might be substituted for closer trips to the Ozarks. We will see.