NEWS: Transworld Recap Video & Tourism Struggles

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the HN Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read more about these stories and so much more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes, and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it off to Darryl. International tourism to the United States is projected to decline by five percent this year instead of growing nine percent as previously expected. According to Tourism Economics, this reversal could result in a seventy two billion dollar reduction in travel spending, with destinations relying heavily on international visitors facing the greatest challenges.

0:58 Haunted attractions depend on tourism rather than local attendance could feel significant impacts from this downturn. As seen with theme parks, Those with strong local customer base will likely whether the storm better than those targeting visitors from other countries or regions. In the latest Green Tagged podcast, Scott and Philip discuss potential solutions, including industry collaboration as demonstrated by Disney and Universal's summer announcements, and increased focus on building local loyalty. Regional haunts might consider reallocating marketing resources from tourism markets to local audience as while tourism sentiment recovers. The Darkmoor Monster Makeup Experience tickets are on sale Release your inner creature at Universal's Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida. With Darkmoor Monster Makeup Experience, horror fans can enter into Doctor Pretorius's old lab, which has been converted into a parlor. There, skilled artisans use their talent to experiment on customers and release their inner love of Universal monsters e. The Warewolves, vampires, or something even more fashionably monstrous. Guests can choose from two twenty minute experiences, the Experiment ticket, which is make up only, and the Transformation ticket, which is makeup plus accessories.

2:11 Tickets are on sale now, starting at forty five dollars for Experiment tickets, one hundred and nine dollars for Transformation tickets for ages five to nine, and one hundred and sixty nine dollars for Transformation tickets ten and over. Epic Universe opens on May twenty second of twenty twenty five. The UF Swamp Ponters invite brave souls to a truly chilling halfway to Halloween experience, Camp Carnage, coming April eighteenth and nineteenth to the University of Florida's Norman Field in Gainesville, Florida. Nestled on the edge of a charming New England town, Camp Deer Creek is the place where campfires blaze, lifelong friendships forge, and legends come to life under the moonlit sky. Some say that the ghost stories shared around the campfires of Camp Deer Creek are more than just stories. In these ancient woods, buried spirits and demonic entities are said to rome. Will you be brave enough to face what lurks beneath the pines and survive? Camp Carnage. Swamp Haunters is a division of Gator Theme Park Engineering and Design at the University of Florida. Since twenty twenty two, they have brought together students from many disciplines to design and construct theme haunted houses completely from scratch. Tickets for Camp Carnage are on sale now for five dollars each. Follow the links in the show notes. To get yours. The Midnight Games in Fall River, Massachusetts return with an all new, ninety minute interactive experience on April fifth. Set in a massive twenty thousand square foot world inspired by the dark Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, players will encounter a series

3:42 of seven trials that will test their worthiness to join a secret society. Only one person in each group will win will it be You? While the experience comes from the creative minds behind a factory of terror and feartown haunted House, this is not a scary experience. Instead, it offers a thrilling, suspenseful adventure that challenges participants wits and teamwork. Tickets are on sale now starting at thirty five online forty dollars at the door. Use the code pre Sale at checkout to receive a five dollars discount. Through April fourth, at Midnight. Hunters Toolbox is hosting a live Q and A session with Philip Heernandez of Gantim and the Haunted Attraction Network on Tuesday, April eighth, at five point thirty pm Pacific daylight time. Join this informative one and a half hour live session to learn tips and tricks from Philip whose experience includes social media, marketing, video and audio, theme parks, Haunted Attractions, public relations, press releases, and much more.

4:39 Some upcoming events this March through May of twenty twenty five include the Spooky Swap Meet April twenty fifth through twenty seventh in Los Angeles, California, The East Coast Haunters Convention April twenty sixth and twenty seventh in Oaks, Pennsylvania, The Halfway to Halloween x Boat May tenth in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Monster Palooza May th through June one and Pasady At, California. And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunky. Post production by David Swope. This Haunt News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hanta Attractionnetwork dot com.

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