`` The phones just basically stopped ringing in the past couple of weeks for new bookings this summer , '' said Laura Lee , a spokeswoman for the Pensacola Bay Area Convention and Visitors Bureau . Tourism pumped about $ 1.2 billion into Pensacola , Florida - area economy last year . Oil spill still several miles offshore , but impact on tourism has already increased . Tourism official says ` ` another wave of cancellations '' this week . Hotels changed cancellation ##s , asking current guests to post clean - beach tips on Facebook .
Tourism pumped about $ 1.2 billion into Pensacola , Florida - area economy last year . Oil spill still several miles offshore , but impact on tourism has already increased . Tourism official says ` ` another wave of cancellations '' this week . Hotels changed cancellation ##s , asking current guests to post clean - beach tips on Facebook .