Regions: Tourism may take years to recover

The Mobile Press Register reports on a conference call with Regions Bank’s chief economist, Bob Allsbrook. Good News: U.S. should expect slow growth over the next 18 month. Bad news: “It’s going to take years to get the American public to believe that it’s OK to go there to go fishing and sit on the beach. There is a tremendous fear nationally that the water isn’t safe.”

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”