Mr Ho had promised direct investment, not just in gambling, but also in shipping, property development, tourism and (as the populist Mr Estrada proudly proclaimed in November) low-cost housing.
With all the disaster-related stories, "there's a perception that the storm had such great damage and lasting impacts," said Warren Hart, director of economic development, tourism and planning for Greene County.
A demographic shift in recent years, with more families, professionals, tech workers and telecommuters moving here, has created tensions, town officials say, over questions of growth, development, tourism — and marijuana, with many of the newcomers less enthusiastic than the old guard about Nederland's ganja-tinged reputation.
In her 1990 book, "Mama Poc," she wrote about the plight of the giant grebes — a flightless, pied-billed bird species — at Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, whose habitat was threatened by commercial development, tourism and the introduction of game fish that diminished the birds' food supply.
Drawing on the results from a choice experiment with two Canadian First Nations groups, this paper examines whether communication in a group-setting influences individual preferences for three land use alternatives: Industrial Development, Tourism Promotion, and Conservation & Restoration.
Glenis Willmott, Labour's leader in the European Parliament, said: "At a time of economic uncertainty, these reports highlight just how important European Union membership is to jobs and growth, showing the positive impact of the EU on the free movement of goods, trade and investment, research and development, tourism, and civil justice".
Monstrous development of tourism completely destroyed the coastal landscape" creating the first system hivernage or winter tourism--exclusively reserved for Europeans.
But local residents complain that development, with tourism in the lead, has gotten out of hand.
Lhasa, the historic capital of Tibet, has become the center of the development and tourism drive.
