ricordiamoci che il GDP della california è superiore a quello della francia... “It’s devastating,” said Anna Marie Presutti, general manager of the 533-room Hotel Nikko, which has seen its occupancy rate plunge from nearly 90% to just below 50%. “We’re experiencing what we experienced right after 9/11.” Tourism stands to be the hardest-hit industry across the U.S., according to William Yu, an economist at the University of California, Los Angeles. He originally predicted 2% economic growth this year, but has cut that forecast to 1.5%, as the drop in travel reverberates to other areas. “There’s just no one walking around,” |