Tourists are expected to descend on Texas, bringing lots of money with them.
It’s not every day the sun’s light is completely blocked by the moon’s shadow and it’s even more unusual to be able to see it from the United States.to this next eclipse and that has some communities bracing for a huge wave of visitors and an even bigger wave of cash.
This eclipse is going to be visible in the U.S. from Texas to Maine, but the Lone Star State will be first and where the path of totality will be the longest. One professor of economics at the University of Texas at San Antonio said it will be the most profitable 22 minutes in the state’s history, referring to when the eclipse will first be visible on the Mexico border to when it ends near Oklahoma and Arkansas. He estimates it will add anywhere between 150 million to 600 million dollars to the state’s economy.
Texas is expecting up to one million visitors to head to the path of totality within its borders. Hotel bookings are up over 300 percent. Airbnb said it has seen a 1,000 percent surge in searches for bookings in the path. So many visitors are expected in small communities that at least seven counties have already issued disaster declarations. They are bracing for hours-long traffic jams, overloaded cell towers and strained resources.
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