As the authorities here prepare to fill empty hotels with thousands of refugees in the coming weeks, some people see history repeating itself.

For one thing, the vast influx of foreign journalists, who filled hotels for months on end, contributed to visitor numbers.

Think of the money that might have come New York's way with thousands filling hotels and restaurants.

This new road brought a new industry, tourism, to the rural areas filling hotels and restaurants with travelers.

The increase in travel is filling hotels.

The foreigners are staffing multinational companies and filling five-star hotels to overflowing.

They fill the city's bounty of plush four- and five-star hotels with big-name guests.

But by today, as thousands of visitors filled hotels throughout the area and jammed the pep rally, the emotions began to build.

A traditional beach resort area, the region now lures trade fairs and conventions to fill hotels in the off-season.

Many courses are excuses to fill hotels and inns during the off season.