About Two-Thirds of Potentail Regional Tourists Say Oil Spill Worse or Just as Bad as Katrina and Rita

July 25, 2010
By Charles E. Lavis on July 25, 2010 12:37 PM |

BP Oil Spill Claimants making tourism related economic loss claims may have their claims bolstered by the recent Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism study that indicates that 17% of potential regional tourists have canceled or delayed a trip to Louisiana because of the BP oil spill related pollution problems.

Furthermore, about two-thirds of the potential regional tourists feel that the oil-spill problem is worse (42.7 percent) or just as bad (19.5 percent) as the devastation caused to Louisiana in 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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Gulf oil spill is discouraging travel to Louisiana, study says