While tourism in Washington, D.C., is slowly recovering from September 11, student trips are still not up to their usual levels. Thousands of lost student groups are costing D.C. $1.5 million to $2 million per day compared with spring 2001, said the American Bus Association (ABA). The ABA estimates that school trip bans or postponements will cost the region's operators, tourism-based businesses and local tax coffers $150 million to $200 million over the course of the 10-week season. To call attention to national lawmakers to the impact of student travel bans, ABA received local television coverage of the drops in student visits during the first post-September 11 Cherry Blossom season.
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