North Carolina and Mississippi See Tourist Backlash After L.G.B.T. Laws
The reaction has been swift.
The singer Bryan Adams canceled his concert
in Mississippi in protest against what he called an "anti-
L.G.B.T". law, and the actress Sharon Stone decided not
to film a movie there. In North Carolina, Bruce
Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Pearl Jam and Ani
DiFranco have canceled shows in response to a law
regulating trasgender bathroom access.
________ the celebrity response is drawing considerable
attention, the travel industry in each state in more
concerned about lower-profile visitors: the everday
tourists _______ have already begun canceling trips or
planning vacations elsewhere.
[...]
The damaging impact is already being felt in North
Carolina, _______ last month passed a law that limits
transgender people to using bathrooms that match the
sex on their birth certificates. Tourism is a curcial driver
of the economy in the state, the sixth most-visited in the
country, ________ domestic travelers spent a record $21.3
billion in 2014, according to Visit North Carolina, the
state´s tourist board.
[...]
Regardless of the locus of the political tensions, the
cancellations are being reported statewide. Marriott
International, with 134 properties across its portifolio of
Worldwide, with 20, are also seeing canceled
reservations.[...]
(Retrieved and adapted from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/travel/north-carolina-mississippi-lgbt-gay-richts-travel.html. Access on April, 22nd, 2016)
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