Decline in Tourism May Be a Blessing for the U.S.

29 August 2010, 4:59 am

After traversing a mountain path 6,000 feet up in the Swiss Alps last week, where cows with clunky bells far outnumbered people, I stumbled into a bare-bones restaurant—and was shocked to see a college classmate whom I hadn’t seen in at least 15 years. The surprise wasn’t so much that I saw someone I knew—we all have tales of extremely random encounters in out-of-the-way places. Rather, it was ...... Read More »

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