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6March 31, 1986
<br /> than any other studio. Company's record ---- ----- -----
<br /> labels are expected to do even better when
<br /> LEISURE TRAVEL
<br /> compact disk manufacturing plants come on .
<br /> line. Company recovered from fiscal dis-
<br /> aster of Atari's fall.
<br /> For the first time in 10 years, San Fran-
<br /> cisco's visitors bureau is running an ad
<br /> OUTDOOR RECREATION campaign nationally (Chicago, Dallas, New
<br /> York and Houston) in editions of Southern
<br /> Living, Sunset, Texas Monthly, Newsweek,
<br /> Time and Travel & Leisure, AdvAge says.
<br /> The President's Commission on Americans The goal is tourists to fill 22,000 hotel
<br /> Outdoors (PCAO) has scheduled some more rooms not needed by conventions which have
<br /> meetings: May 9 in New Orleans and May booked the Moscone Center to 96%. The
<br /> 12 in San Bernardino (Ca.) in addition to city's biggest year was 1979 when 2.72
<br /> April 3-4 in Boston and Durham (NH) . The million tourists spent at least one night
<br /> Commission's broad mandate to consider in hotels; that figure fell to 2.57 mil-
<br /> any, and all, possibilities, evidently lion in 1984, the year of the strong $$$
<br /> includes consideration of a separate agen- that sent Americans abroad and kept for-
<br /> cy to manage nat'l parks/forests, along eign visitors away.
<br /> lines of National Endowments for Arts.
<br /> PCAO, 1111 - 20th St. NW, 5th floor, Wash- Tourism competition has become 'stiff,'
<br /> ington, DC 20036. (202) 634-7130. especially for the pleasure traveler, who
<br /> are about half of the city's visitors.
<br /> Another 16% attend conventions/meetings;
<br /> Racers and triathlon athletes have pushed the remainder visit family and friends,
<br /> development of lightweight bicycles, such conduct business, or combine business and
<br /> as those used by U.S. gold medal winners pleasure. The goal is a 19% increase in
<br /> at '84 Olympics. Sales of 11 million bi- hotel stays over the next 5 years.
<br /> cycles last year were about 50% for new
<br /> product, priced at $300 to $1,200. Ahead:
<br /> automatic transmissions. The perennial argument of preservationists
<br /> vs. tourism/development/jobs has flared
<br /> anew in several Hawaiian communities, tar-
<br /> Minnesota boasted the first snowmobile geted for hotel and resort construction by
<br /> club in North America, in 1961. Sport Laurance Rockefeller, David Murdock and •
<br /> now is $300 million a year factor in econ- United Airlines' parent company, among
<br /> omy of state of 17.5 million golfers, others. The island of Hawaii is the site
<br /> 25% account for 77% of all rounds played. of the largest private construction proj-
<br /> Half of golfers play less than 8 times a ect in the state's history, says NY Times
<br /> year Country club revenues rose 76% correspondent Robert Lindsey, in a series
<br /> in past 10 years, while expenses rose 79%, of articles this month. This $360 million
<br /> according to Pannell Kerr Forster study. project is planned by Hyatt and is fought
<br /> Virginia now permits cut in by the Sierra Club and coalition. The
<br /> personal property tax on boats by 70% to Environmental Protection Agency gave OK.
<br /> .05%. California charges 1% of assessed
<br /> value; Texas tax can be $1.63 per $100 As the Senate debates shifting control
<br /> assessed value.
<br /> * * * * * of two Washington-area airports to local
<br /> or regional control (Dulles, National),
<br /> Proposal for $12 million restaurant at a group of British investors has offered
<br /> Bryant Park redevelopment behind New York up to $1 billion for the properties. In-
<br /> City Public Library has been withdrawn. creased landing fees could make the air-
<br /> Warner LeRoy, manager of Tavern on the ports more of an investment; improvements
<br /> Green, would have put his own money into estimated at $500 million have been tar-
<br /> restaurant. The $18 million park upgrade geted as needed at the two hubs.
<br /> will go ahead.
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<br /> Overnight camping in the national parks
<br /> totals about 600,000 a year, and has been Ticketmaster's purchase of Ticket World
<br /> declining. The state parks, by contrast,
<br /> host about 60 million overnight campers, is completed, and the combination sells
<br /> or about 100 times as many. Total visits, 60 million tickets a year in 30 markets.
<br /> Ticket World gave company entry to New
<br /> however, are roughly twice as many: 640 York; its beginnings 10 years ago were in
<br /> million for the states and 265 million in
<br /> the national parks. City/county parks Albuquerque, New Mexico.
<br /> have about 3 billion visits a year. * * * * * * *
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