Tahoe's message to visitors during coronavirus: Stay away

Tahoe in the News

Tahoe’s message to visitors during coronavirus: Stay away

Greg Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle

March 19, 2020

With the threat of coronavirus hanging heavy over Northern California, the Lake Tahoe region has a message for visitors: Stay away.

“With immense compassion for everyone’s wish to be in the fresh mountain air, now is NOT the time to visit Truckee,” reads a Tuesday Facebook post from Visit Truckee.

After an alarmingly dry February, it was shaping up to be a slow close to the winter tourism season around Tahoe. Then, as coronavirus cases started emerging in the Bay Area and a storm front moved into the high Sierra late last week, skiers and travelers hopped in their cars and headed for the mountains. Read more.

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