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Tourists Give Hope to London Businesses

Saturday, July 09, 2005 5:39:15 AM
By JANE WARDELL

Charles Burke, his wife Rebecca, daughter Kristen, age 14, and son Ryan, age 7, from Houston, Texas, USA, wait outside Lyceum theatre in London's Covent Garden hoping to get tickets for 'The Lion King', undettered by Thursday's  explosions in the underground trains and a double decker bus, Friday, July 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Sang Tan). LONDON (AP) - Tourists braved initial fears to visit London's greatest attractions Friday, using the subway system a day after deadly terrorist blasts tore through the city's transport system and giving hope to businesses that the financial ill-effects would be short-lived.

"It's not going to happen again, not today," said 22-year-old Nathan Jones, an Australian gazing at St. Paul's Cathedral on Friday.

Such grit is good news for a country that attracts around 30 million visitors a year and has a tourism industry that directly contributes 4 percent to Britain's total gross domestic product of $2.1 trillion.


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