China's economy has suffered as tourists and business travelers cancel visits.

Frightened by the news in Zimbabwe, many tourists have canceled trips to southern Africa altogether.

In Virginia Beach, the beaches and boardwalk were relatively quiet, with many tourists having departed early or canceled their plans to visit.

Foreign tourists are canceling trips to India in droves and some insurance companies have refused to insure visitors traveling to India.

Around the world, travel agents say, tourists are canceling future bookings.

More than 1,000 hotel workers have been laid off, and tourists have canceled reservations well into 2007.

In advance of the storm, many tourists canceled reservations.

As some protests have turned violent, with more than 1,400 arrests, tour operators are already reporting that American and Japanese tourists are canceling trips.

And economists say some tourists canceled vacation plans.

Yet many tourists are postponing or canceling their trips.