<p>HONG KONG -In one month, SARS, or more accurately, the fear of SARS has brought Hong Kong's tourism industry to its knees.</p>
<p>After the World Health Organization slapped a travel advisory on Hong Kong and Southern China last month, average hotel occupancies that were once 79 percent citywide in early March, plummeted to 50 percent by the end of the month and fell further to 15 percent during the first week of April, according to the Hong Kong Hotels Association.</p>