Monday, March 15, 2010

Tourism season is approaching..but will anyone be working?

VICTORIA - Tourism Victoria has laid off 3 staff members and the organization's president says he's concerned about the amount of post-Games money being spent to promote this region.
Hidden Pacific Northwest: Including Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, Victoria, and Coastal British Columbia (Hidden Travel)
Tourism BC reduced its grant to Tourism Victoria by $150,000. As a result 3 positions were eliminated this week.

The opposition is calling on the province to increase tourism marketing and scrap the proposed harmonized sales tax which it says will hurt tourism.

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts says the province has a post-Olympics tourism plan that is the envy of the world.

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