NY State budget problems have claimed another victim: Communities that benefit from the state's I Love NY tourism marketing efforts. According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, the state is "dumping plans for a summer advertising campaign to lure tourists to New York, cutting tourism funding and not sending a representative to the travel industry's premier international conference...where companies from around the globe will consider where to send vacationers." A Binghamton travel information center may close this month, and the Chamber of Commerce president worried, "What are visitors to our community going to say when they enter New York state, stop to use the bathroom, and there's a sign up of (travel) information and it says, 'Closed for Business'?"
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