BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement
Oil Spill Tourism
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A couple from Iowa who asked to remain unidentified recognize Memorial Day with a small American flag as they sit on the beach in Biloxi, Miss., Monday, May 31, 2010. Tourists along the Gulf coast are enjoying the beaches despite the nation's worst oil spill. Tourism officials from Mississippi to Florida have fought the perception that oil has come ashore, and hotels have offered lower rates and other incentives to vacationers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
