http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/11/16/how-to-bring-tourists-back-after-a-disaster-samoa%e2%80%99s-big-problem/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Travelling beyond the gushing hyperbole Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/11/16/how-to-bring-tourists-back-after-a-disaster-samoa%e2%80%99s-big-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Lisa Gerber Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:13:20 +0000 http://www.grumpytraveller.com/?p=389#comment-1615 David - Its certainly a vicious cycle. the LAST thing Samoa (and many other tourism destinations in the same situation) need in a time like this is for tourism to drop off. Your comment about the media making it look worse than it is hit home. In 2000, I was traveling when i saw CNN coverage of the earthquake that hit Seattle which was then home. I literally fell to my knees when I saw the devastation. I thought the city had been leveled. Then I came to my senses after I noticed they were showing the same three sections of footage. Other than a few sections, it was not nearly as bad as the media portrayed. I'm sure there are some great deals to be had in Samoa as they try to entice tourism back. David –
Its certainly a vicious cycle. the LAST thing Samoa (and many other tourism destinations in the same situation) need in a time like this is for tourism to drop off.
Your comment about the media making it look worse than it is hit home. In 2000, I was traveling when i saw CNN coverage of the earthquake that hit Seattle which was then home. I literally fell to my knees when I saw the devastation. I thought the city had been leveled. Then I came to my senses after I noticed they were showing the same three sections of footage. Other than a few sections, it was not nearly as bad as the media portrayed.
I’m sure there are some great deals to be had in Samoa as they try to entice tourism back.

]]> http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/11/16/how-to-bring-tourists-back-after-a-disaster-samoa%e2%80%99s-big-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Jack from eyeflare travel tips Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:01:24 +0000 http://www.grumpytraveller.com/?p=389#comment-1614 You've now got me interested visiting Samoa too. I know a bit more about what happened in Mexico after the swine flu , and they're really struggling. I'm currently in Los Angeles, and the sentiment is still that you'll end up deathly ill just by going over the border! You’ve now got me interested visiting Samoa too. I know a bit more about what happened in Mexico after the swine flu , and they’re really struggling. I’m currently in Los Angeles, and the sentiment is still that you’ll end up deathly ill just by going over the border!

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