European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse f by Edwin Mcdowell new York Timet Amu is in the us. Look fur Waid Gill inc from in ill this nine of year Lull apparently it s j Imi. To he another Iii Pihut of Belt tightening Lor of wrists Ami limes for the businesses that eater to them. I Asl Sui Miiller motorists spent hours marking time in is luus i his ear. I Asoline so i a is Ahu Vulant. But the aver age Price exceeds $1 a gallon almost Ball a Dollar More than it Nas a year ago. Worse a recession is wafting Throin i the Economy As of april in Hail pushed the level to 7 per cent. Nut it is Likely. To gel worse. Consumer Confidence has Reachell its lowest Point in the to ear Listor of he i River six of Michigan s Survey a Clear signal thai americans will be cautious this ear in How Thev Petu their Iii lation do . Recession it Ellils. \ Survey by the comm ree in Pii Lnu it s i a. Tavel service in april slum i thai 42 percent of americans Here i lambing to Luck a trip during Iho next six in tenths. Don Roiti 51 pc reent at Iho same time lust year. This can Only mean that restaurants rental cars air lines Ami Many Simce industries catering 10 vacationers Aie All Likely to take it on the Chin. So ill Federal state and local treasuries thai depend for replenishment on la is Fiorin gasoline. Retail sales Ami hotel rooms. I lie cutback in my affect inc Middle class Moie than the Well to do. And places like Hawaii Ami unloving National Parks will suffer More than the new Leisey or Capo cod Seaside resorts. Which Are close to Xiv pulsation Cen leis some vacation in Occas. Like Wall Wisnev work or i Psi Sevland. feel the effects Only . Hut there Are so Manv uncertainties about summer travel that con Cern exists almost across the Board. Am i worried asked the inner of a Motel just off interstate 44 near Joplin. To. No More Han Aii he Rise with a Tamila and car payments. In other words. I m seared to so tic a gtd main others scared because tourism is big business mexicans spend about 5.50 a year on vacations and pleasure tips. 01 Mote than percent of their total it social consumption expenditures and indirect expert Diu is rainout it to another so billion Tran lion Piccou Iii Tot the lion s share of that amount some is Pewee nov bul Fosti ail dings percent and Lod Guh. T a pc Echo also amount to billions of dollars 1 Al this Vicai the Cost of . Food and Lodi in. Is ups vice it Over list \e.u. Accordini i to the s i Ata service a Trade and ton Nam Veipert i in same tune Manv Anien Cav edit . With s Access to lion Loans and suffer Limi Avns on tie a Noi n a Chaie i n credit Cauls i Hus. Smile de to tween Risi -. Prices and to credit the e i he Etc to Thirk belie opt i Lor the traditional three weeks on the and the to Naim Nii 4-j weeks on the fun Ina Al Vuks or v cutback in individual v Evv a Iii. Velv to have natio Wule Reivich my. so Thos. R fleets Aie , i i in Mesic travel. I ote Ai than 1s Jav cd. .1 set a v i a l \ to St tie Jar of in i1- .1to Dot. W t Rufh the Vicror a j. Alu a t a j by Toa f vacation meccas like Walt Disney world at Orlando fla., May feel tourism cutback Only just last month the civil aeronautics Board allowed airlines to raise fares by Large amounts without its approval liven the continuing weakening of the Economy and the higher air fares some Industry observers View the 8 percent fall off As an car comely conservative estimate. There will still be vacationers who Fly to Europe for a few weeks but probably nowhere near As Many As in the past and probably nowhere near As Many As even last Vear. When outbound traffic to i Europe was up a Mere 5.7 Perce it was the lowest growth rate on record for Traic on the North Atlantic route except for l0-74-5. When the nation experienced the most severe economic downturn since the depression other relatively out of Chi Hay vacation spots arc suite ring. Among them Hawaii those tourist Indus try has enjoyed almost unbroken Prosperity. We be bad periods during other Mainland recessions a tire we be declines but this s More Vid i of the Hawaii snort i. La it cur vol or c ?. By. We . Rve who s a a our Hole irl on ii t Ruri Nurry. T to Tho curio jul Parks Are hurting ind he in i no. In surn mar � in gasoline shortages severely curtailed vacation travel. According to National Park service officials visits last year to the2 so culled outlying Parks i.e., Appomattox Cape canaveral were off 14 percent from the year be fore while attendance at the 146 Rural Parks i.e., grand Canyon and Yellowstone was Down 19 percent. Those who do travel Aren t Likely to do so aboard the fancy recreational vehicles that Only a few years ago seemed like the perfect answer to so Aring costs of food and lodging. The recreational Industry has been hit so hard by fuel prices and recession that the recreation vehicle dealers association which reports a 54.2 percent drop in sales from March 1979 through March i9so, recently can celeb Iti september convention set for Houston. But Advance reservations Are running High for Camp ves. Park grounds and hostels. We be had More inquiry let for rooms this Vear than Ever before said Bert . Executive director of the Golden Gale Toi Natl of american youth hostels inc. Which recently a new l to cd Hostel in san Francisco. I or a Long time our hostels catered mostly to foreign and Young people by now Vou see a lot of Well 10-1.0 people who never slept in anything bul regular _ or r.,me� Tver body is is june de by costs Ana you. T a that the difference Between the san Francisco h .1 a the in .i-Usco Hostel is $90 Are have significant wednesday
