Gulf+Shore+Tourism

Ashlen Lawrence

Rawlings, N. (2010, August 23). //Brief history: presidential vacations//. Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2010195,00.html

This article talks about the Obamas taking a vacation to the Gulf Coast.

Lewis, T. (2010, August 22). //Selling florida’s gulf coast beaches//. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/20/selling-tourism-along-florida-s-gulf-coast.html

This article talks about the decrease in tourism on the Gulf Coast.

Cave, D. (16, June 2010). //Florida sells its seashore (oil? what oil?)//. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=News&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA228980360&mode=viewBrown,

This article talks about different advertisement techniques Florida is using to bring tourists to their beaches.

R. (2010, July 10). //Songs to salve a battered beach//. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=News&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA231069769&mode=view

This article talked about the difficulty small business have in the Gulf Coast because of the BP oil spill a few months back. The article explains the different problems the business' have due to the lack of tourism because of the oil washing onto shore. The people of the coast are trying to coax people in by throwing benefit concerts.

Yarett, I. (2010, July 8). //Csi: gulf of mexico//. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/08/csi-gulf-of-mexico.html

This article talks about the wildlife being effected by the oil spill.

Reguly, E. (13, May 2010). //Is this the End of offshore drilling? not a chance//. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=News&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA226148297&mode=view

This article talked about how even though we went through a horrible oil spill, it will not stop or slow down off shore drilling.

Snyder, B. (2010, April 29). //Oil spill: crist wants bp to pay up to protect florida tourism//. Retrieved from http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/05/13/crist-wants-bp-to-pay-up-protect-florida-tourism/

This article talks about how Florida wants BP to pay $35 million for the oil washing on their beaches.

Garber, K. (15, August 2008). //If Congress lifts the offshore oil drilling moratorium, what happens next?//. Retrieved from http://politics.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2008/08/15/if-congress-lifts-the-offshore-oil-drilling-moratorium-what-happens-next.html?PageNr=2

This article talks about the discussion in 2008 that Republicans debated about about restricting off shore drilling.

http://www.restorethegulf.gov/

This site is the government run website where they entail different ideas of how to help the oil spill and their plans for the future.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/energy-and-environment/deepwater-bp-oil-spill

This government run site entails about the oil spill last April.