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Phoenix Sky Harbor continues to see an annual traffic decline and 2012 was no exception.

According to the Phoenix Business Journal, traffic declined from 40.59 million passengers to 40.42 million passengers between 2011 and 2012.

While there was a slight decline in traffic in the last year, it remains significantly higher than the 2008 to 2010 recession numbers were.

It is suspected that the decrease in travel could be due to Arizona's political image on recent issues such as gun control and immigration.

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    2cents wrote...
    1...What a deceptive spin!
    February 9, 2013 6:20 am
    This has absolutely nothing to do with gun control and immigration. Absolutely nothing. Reduced airport traffic is NATIONWIDE, and is a result of various factors. For one, the depression . . . misnamed as a recession . . . did not end in 2012 despite claims by the White House. Airline mergers, banckruptcy and reduced revenue takes its toll..
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    2cents wrote...
    2...What a deceptive spin!
    February 9, 2013 6:21 am
    Further, air travel has become too expensive for many, and unemployed and underemployed no longer avail themselves. Also, more people are opting to drive since oppressive and invasive security measures were ushered in by government-summoned TSA. And Obamas nonpusuit of homeland resources has resulted in increased fuel costs. As our economy and cities continue toward oblivion under Obama only then will people begin to recognize the disaster they voted for.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Not spin, reporting.
    February 9, 2013 7:08 am
    From the Phoenix Business Journal: "There are concerns with meeting planners and within the tourism industry that Arizona’s political image on issues such as guns, immigration and diversity are having some detrimental impacts."
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    wrote...
    Despite the anti-article rhetoric
    February 9, 2013 7:15 am
    ..I am not surprised that Arizona is taking a hit in the travel pocket. Our politics definitely don't endear themselves to the majority of the voters in the last election. And, the folks who are endeared by it are more likely to stay at home in Alabama. Some will ignore the Arizona political climate but others will plan vacations somewhere else to avoid what they don't agree with. You may argue that our travel reductions are not political at all, but I wonder how much additional traffic we would have if we were more of a neutral state.
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    yrreta wrote...
    So....
    February 9, 2013 8:14 am
    are there any other Arizona natives that don't see a problem with this decline? Understood that the revenue is needed, but at what cost? Has the increase in revenues and population really improved the quality of living in Arizona? I don't believe so, your opinion may vary.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Though our 4% growth a year dependent
    February 9, 2013 9:02 am
    economy forces our society ever forward into what some see as progress, I still have a considerable fondness for the less complicated, more open space, and seemingly friendlier times of my past.
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