SARS hobbles gay Toronto. (Tourism).Just in time for Toronto's gay pride celebration, a recent and persistent outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Definition Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is the first emergent and highly transmissible viral disease to appear during the twenty-first century. , compounded by a storm of media coverage of the often fatal disease, has hotels and inns reporting a 90% drop in business. "This has devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. Toronto Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing , without a doubt," said Ric Tremaine of the Ontario Ontario, city, United States Ontario, city (1990 pop. 133,179), San Bernardino co., S Calif., near Los Angeles, in a region of vineyards; inc. 1891. Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. In the past decade Toronto has grown as a gay travel destination for American tourists, especially during the city's June pride celebration, which last year saw several hundred thousand people in attendance. |
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