Monday, May 01, 2006
Campgrounds blame high gas prices for slump in business
Vacationers are feeling pains at the gas pump just like the rest of us. Now local campgrounds are reporting a slump in business.
The owners say it could have a negative effect on the local economy.
Fewer families are visiting the Tuckaleechee Campgrounds in Townsend, KY than this same time last year.
"We've had a lot of cancellations. The ones that would come like from Illinois, somewhere like that, right now we don't have them," campground manager Nadine Lindsey explained. Full Story...
The owners say it could have a negative effect on the local economy.
Fewer families are visiting the Tuckaleechee Campgrounds in Townsend, KY than this same time last year.
"We've had a lot of cancellations. The ones that would come like from Illinois, somewhere like that, right now we don't have them," campground manager Nadine Lindsey explained. Full Story...
# posted by Steven Fletcher : 7:30 PM
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