Eric Sedletzky
Contributor
I'm just curious as to what's the state of the overall dive industry world wide several years now after the supposed "end" of the recession.
Many say it's still on, but that's another story.
Anyway, I haven't been to any far away destinations in years. What's going on out there?
Are all the tropical resorts doing well?
Is the dive business in general back to normal or is it still lagging?
How has it changed, or has it changed?
I know in my state in the Bay Area there were several dive shops that closed up, and as far as I know none of them were replaced with new ones.
None of the shops in my town closed up except for one,...if you want to call it a dive shop.
Other than a few other self employed service industry guys like myself that I hang out with, I guess I'm a little out of touch.
It seems in my line of work things have picked up a little but nowhere near what they were prior to 2009. Rates are still not back up where they were before the recession, but prices of gas, food and other stuff has gone up.
And then Obamacare and the soaring prices of health care, Wow what a nightmare!
I'm just wondering if any of this has affected anybody elses way of life, and more specifically, diving?
Many say it's still on, but that's another story.
Anyway, I haven't been to any far away destinations in years. What's going on out there?
Are all the tropical resorts doing well?
Is the dive business in general back to normal or is it still lagging?
How has it changed, or has it changed?
I know in my state in the Bay Area there were several dive shops that closed up, and as far as I know none of them were replaced with new ones.
None of the shops in my town closed up except for one,...if you want to call it a dive shop.
Other than a few other self employed service industry guys like myself that I hang out with, I guess I'm a little out of touch.
It seems in my line of work things have picked up a little but nowhere near what they were prior to 2009. Rates are still not back up where they were before the recession, but prices of gas, food and other stuff has gone up.
And then Obamacare and the soaring prices of health care, Wow what a nightmare!
I'm just wondering if any of this has affected anybody elses way of life, and more specifically, diving?
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