Posted on 04/24/2016 1:39:06 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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 transgender bathroom access.
While the celebrity response is drawing considerable attention, the travel industry in each state is more concerned about lower-profile visitors: the everyday tourists who have already begun canceling trips or planning vacations elsewhere.
Both states have been hit by hotel cancellations from tourists who spend a combined tens of billions of dollars annually, and though the effect is difficult to quantify so early on, local hotels, tourist boards, industry associations and government officials fear that a boycott will continue to dampen business. Making matters tougher for the businesses, the Foreign Office in Britain has issued an advisory for L.G.B.T. travelers going to the two states based on the laws.
The impact is already being felt in North Carolina, which last month passed a law that limits transgender people to using bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates. Tourism is a crucial driver of the economy in the state, the sixth most-visited in the country, where domestic travelers spent a record $21.3 billion in 2014, according to Visit North Carolina, the state’s tourist board.
In Charlotte, which has a large convention center, more than 20 conventions have either canceled or are no longer considering holding their event in the state, resulting in a loss of around $2.5 million according to the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.
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What is hurting NC and most other states is the obama economy which has stunted growth to zero.
North Carolina has some of the greatest fishing in the country. Those who like to fish should definitely put it on their calendar.
Work of Satan:
A small, small percentage of the population can have such a large affect.
JC Penny’s...although not sure it was an “official” boycott.
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winna!
Disinformation campaign from the New Jerk Times.
and THE coolest, with those rockers!
What two state equivalents are you up to speed on in Great Britain?
I’m sure you realize the absurdity of someone in GB being in tune with our states and their laws here.
They were fed the Leftist drivel and echoed it like ten year olds echo their parents.
Agreed.
Hey, I’m a mentally defective pervert and I insist on my right to whip it out and shake it at your wife/mother/daughter.
Don’t lay your “proriety trips” on me.
Here’s the boycott Target petition https://www.afa.net/action-alerts/sign-the-boycott-target-pledge/ it’s quick and very easy. Pass it on.
My wife works in the Administration of a public school system. The politics of the bathrooms is a very big challenge. The school system she works for has Family Restrooms that the transgenders use. When a sports team that has a transgender athlete travels to another school, a representative of the school had to go to ensure the transgenders have accommodation. Along comes the 4th Circus Court that ruled last week the Title IX sexual discrimination dictates also cover transgenders. If this ruling stands, schools will be forced to let transgenders into the bathroom and locker room facility of their choosing. What a mess.
This “backlash” is being way overblown. MS and NC will be just fine if they stand firm.
Beside, giving in to the sodomites won’t help, because you can NEVER do enough penance to appease them.
Yup. We’re gettin our place out here on Dosher ready to sell. Headed a bit North of ILM. Prolly not much touristas out that way. And sure as Hades ain’t no “free range” bathrooms. Hehehe. d;^)
Amen and hallelujah. The left always, always willfully chooses to mistake kindness for weakness.
Maybe they can boycott watching the Andy Griffith Show, too.
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