Tourism Meeting (TIAC)in Victoria--Week of November 5.

Tourism industry looks for ways to lure back Americans
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
But the tourist gain from markets like those is doing precious little to
let the Canadian tourism industry sleep well at night as it watches US
visitor ...
<http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=9a3235a7-5fd5-433d-853a-f9528a4b62dd&k=78123>
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It's a Wrap for the 2007 TIAC Tourism Leadership Summit - Keep ...
By Jaime(Jaime)
TIAC's 2007 Tourism Leadership Summit ended with the Canadian Tourism
Commission's public meeting and update focusing on ground breaking
research that will allow the industry to better know and better target
our visitors. ...
<http://canadiantourism.blogspot.com/2007/11/its-wrap-for-2007-tiac-tourism.html>
Canadian Tourism
<http://canadiantourism.blogspot.com/>

Parks Canada Wins National Tourism Award
By mischa
Parks Canada is the largest provider of natural and cultural tourism
products Canada-wide and its iconic destinations form the cornerstones
of the Canadian tourism industry. Parks Canada protects and presents
157 national historic sites ...
<http://travelandtourism.blogrox.com/2007/11/07/parks-canada-wins-national-tourism-award/>
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American $$$ AT PAR?--Will it boost tourism?

Should Tourism Canadian Organizations be Encouraging Businesses to Take U.S. $ at par.

As reported in the Whistler Pemberton Question.

Officials with the two tourism organizations, along with Whistler Blackcomb (WB), are encouraging local businesses to accept U.S. dollars at par for all cash transactions for the entire 2007-’08 winter season as a way to show goodwill toward visitors from south of the border, who make up some 30 per cent of Whistler’s visitor base.

Louise Lundy, president of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce, said that while officials recognize that the practice might not work for every business, for most it makes good business sense to offer the best possible value to U.S. visitors, despite the greenback’s recent slide against other global currencies. Read entire story

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