President Barack Obama is heeding his own advice to American vacationers, taking his family to the Gulf Coast this weekend to help the sagging tourism industry.

President Barack Obama is to travel to Florida's Gulf Coast this weekend for a family trip intended to show solidarity with a region struggling in the wake of a massive oil spill.

President Barack Obama's administration sees the restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill as a national priority and the president should not be blamed for the disaster, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said on Saturday.

Barack Obama has announced he is to take his family on holiday to the Gulf of Mexico coast, the area blighted by the BP oil disaster.

President Barack Obama is preparing to meet with the man he's put in charge of developing a recovery plan for the oil-devastated Gulf Coast.