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BUSINESS, Page 53Business NotesTOURISMHey, Look at The Pilgrims!
For the past 170 years, thousands of devout Hispanic Roman
Catholics have spent Good Friday tramping along roads that lead
to Chimayo, a sleepy New Mexico village known for the sacred
earth upon which the Santuario de Chimayo sits. Many of the
pilgrims carry crosses on their journey, but this year they may
feel inclined to brandish signs that say TOURISTS GO HOME! The
source of their ire: New Mexico's tourism department, which is
hyping the local shrine as the "Lourdes of America" in full-page
ads in a dozen slick magazines, including Travel & Leisure,
Holiday and Southern Living.
Worshipers are signing a petition condemning the ads,
which tout the chapel and its indigenous liturgy as "just one
of the many wonders . . . waiting for you," along with shopping
for local weavings. Tourism official Marsha Adams acknowledges
that the state should have consulted the Archdiocese of Santa
Fe before launching the ad campaign, which probably will never
run again. Meanwhile, in another manifestation of their
protest, pilgrims say they will bar tourists from photographing
their procession.