Tourism to be at an all time low with rising cost of gas?

[MissJacksonCA]

http://jobs.aol.com/article/onlineca...30132409990001 A recent report (from the above link) would suggest that hospitality and tourism industry jobs are going to be booming soon (with summer I presume) but is it just for now? With the cost of gas rising to the sky and people driving less out of leisure and more out of necessity will they be leaving room in their pocketbooks for vacation? For dining out and for gambling? Your thoughts?

[darth los]

http://jobs.aol.com/article/onlineca...30132409990001 A recent report (from the above link) would suggest that hospitality and tourism industry jobs are going to be booming soon (with summer I presume) but is it just for now? With the cost of gas rising to the sky and people driving less out of leisure and more out of necessity will they be leaving room in their pocketbooks for vacation? For dining out and for gambling? Your thoughts? Well here in New York the tourism, hotel and reataurant industry has never fully recovered from 9-11. Aside from that i've been saying for years that as the cost of living continue to rise wages basically stay the same. Gas is $3.50 a gallon, milk is even more expensive than gas at almost $4.00 a gallon for pete's sake!! All this stuff leaves little room for entertainment, such as movies and music, and vacations for that matter. It's gotten so bad that its come to the point where alot of americans are putting themselves into debt simply to get necesities such as paying bills on their cars and homes. As a society fixated on consumerism this is a trend that has gotten steadily worse since the 20's. One wonders, and it's just a matter of when, when this economy will collapse under the wieght of our domestic and foriegn debt.

[flyboy]

http://jobs.aol.com/article/onlineca...30132409990001 A recent report (from the above link) would suggest that hospitality and tourism industry jobs are going to be booming soon (with summer I presume) but is it just for now? With the cost of gas rising to the sky and people driving less out of leisure and more out of necessity will they be leaving room in their pocketbooks for vacation? For dining out and for gambling? Your thoughts? the world's oil stocks are running very low, hence the price of petrol.

[jdog]

i canada where iam the gas price is $1.09 a liter down from $1.20. with prices like this and owning a big truck, i wont be going anywhere any time soon.

[darth los]

i canada where iam the gas price is $1.09 a liter down from $1.20. with prices like this and owning a big truck, i wont be going anywhere any time soon. Damn your lucky. That's a third of what we pay. How's the overall cost of living up there?

[jdog]

actually its not that bad. rent is about 500-700 a month for a 2-3 bedroom house. the wages are good if you work in the trades $18-$25 an hour starting wage. with a wage like that and your overall cost of living being around a $1000 a month you can do alright for yourself. myself i have a government job and dont have to work to hard so life at the moment is good in canada.

[Eyebiter]

Look at the historical price of gasoline as a percentage of household income. Then compare to the rate of inflation.

[EvilNed]

As countries like Germany, Japan and Sweden ( ) just get richer and richer, and also have a strong tradition of tourism since their own countries are so damn dull, I don't think we'll see a huge dent in tourism actually.

[MissJacksonCA]

I think we're fortunate that we have a great deal of foreign travelers come here (god only knows why I mean what do we have that they dont have elsewheres) and visit but I just dont see those jobs increasing and staying steady unless we dont raise min wage. I remember first finding out min wage here in SC is $5.15 an hour (as it is in a ton of states) and just thinking wtf who lives on that? I dont know how people do it. And then I drive down the street and see pawn shop after pawn shop and title loan after title loan company. Its no wonder the crime here is obscene... some people seem to have no other means to survive...

[flyboy]

I think we're fortunate that we have a great deal of foreign travelers come here (god only knows why I mean what do we have that they dont have elsewheres) and visit but I just dont see those jobs increasing and staying steady unless we dont raise min wage. I remember first finding out min wage here in SC is $5.15 an hour (as it is in a ton of states) and just thinking wtf who lives on that? I dont know how people do it. And then I drive down the street and see pawn shop after pawn shop and title loan after title loan company. Its no wonder the crime here is obscene... some people seem to have no other means to survive... @@ agree totally, its pretty much the same in england mjc.

[MikePizzoff]

Damn your lucky. That's a third of what we pay. How's the overall cost of living up there? Nah, he's actually paying more than we are. Gas here in NJ is about $2.80 per gallon right now. He's paying $1.09 per liter. There are roughly 3.75 liters in a gallon. 3.75 multiplied by $1.09 is $4.08 per gallon. That's on top of Canada's OUTRAGEOUS beer and cig prices. I'd never be able to live there.

[darth los]

Nah, he's actually paying more than we are. Gas here in NJ is about $2.80 per gallon right now. He's paying $1.09 per liter. There are roughly 3.75 liters in a gallon. 3.75 multiplied by $1.09 is $4.08 per gallon. That's on top of Canada's OUTRAGEOUS beer and cig prices. I'd never be able to live there. Your right mike, didn't catch on to that at 3 in the morning. Blah, damn the metric system.

[jdog]

Nah, he's actually paying more than we are. Gas here in NJ is about $2.80 per gallon right now. He's paying $1.09 per liter. There are roughly 3.75 liters in a gallon. 3.75 multiplied by $1.09 is $4.08 per gallon. That's on top of Canada's OUTRAGEOUS beer and cig prices. I'd never be able to live there. ah yes i forgot about the beer and cig prices, we pay $10-$12 a pak for cigs and beer is around $20-$25 a case. at least the green is reasonable priced.

[MikePizzoff]

ah yes i forgot about the beer and cig prices, we pay $10-$12 a pak for cigs and beer is around $20-$25 a case. at least the green is reasonable priced. On the first tour I went on, we were in Canada for 3 days. Needless to say those three days were complete hell due to those prices.

[jdog]

On the first tour I went on, we were in Canada for 3 days. Needless to say those three days were complete hell due to those prices. where in canada did you play and how was the crowd?