Thursday February 10, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Call it the Cairo Effect.

The unrest that rocked Cairo has had a huge impact in other parts of the world.

Because of the Cairo Effect leaders are turning cartwheels to placate their masses. And because of the Cairo Effect there is now a $1.50 increase in the average price of gasoline in the tank.

And tourists who had scheduled trips to Egypt are now going elsewhere. Tourists used to go to Cairo and Sinai before going on Bethlehem and Jericho. Now they are dropping Sinai and going to Bethlehem and Jericho and East Jerusalem. In fact, tour operators are rerouting groups to Bethlehem and Jericho even if they were not intended to vacation there.

15 million tourists used to enter Egypt every year. Now, the tourism industry has hit rock bottom in Egypt. It looks like the beneficiaries are Israel and the Palestinians.

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