Instead, Visit Florida will spend $119,000 out of a $2-billionemergency marketing fund. About $84,000 will initially go forhalf-page ads in USA Today. A limited television campaign couldfollow in the September-October period, according to South Floridatourism and hospitality industry representatives who attended ateleconference between Bush and Visit Florida officials.

The agency initially proposed a two-part promotional thrust--a$338,000 print and television advertising campaign followed by anadditional $583,000 for print and electronic advertising in majordomestic markets and $380,000 in international markets. But Bushvetoed the move, arguing the state's $50-billion tourism industryneeds more time to recover from Hurricane Charley before heavypromotional spending is set up.

Gulf Coast hotel properties suffered the heaviest damage duringthe Friday the 13th hurricane, west coast Florida hospitalityindustry consultants tell GlobeSt.com. Ten hotels on Fort MyersBeach are closed. Repairs to them are expected to take at least aweek. The historic Colliers Inn on remote Useppa Island--whereTeddy Roosevelt once slept--is so damaged it may have to bedemolished, brokers who toured the area by air tellGlobeSt.com.