New Passport Rules Bring Worry Over Tourism at Niagara Falls

From the New York Times:

Standing at Prospect Point in Niagara Falls State Park, Paul Cranley looked through the mist formed by millions of gallons of water dropping more than 160 feet to the gorge below.

â€ŔIt’s pretty awesome,” said Mr. Cranley, a retired chemist from Lake Jackson, Tex., who had brought his wife and son more than 1,500 miles to see Niagara Falls for the second time, 21 years after their first visit. â€ŔIt’s incredible to get up close to all that water. One would hope that people on both sides could see all of it.”

But as the vacation season begins in earnest, many people in the tourism industry and other businesses dependent on travel fear the repercussions of changes looming for crossing the border between the United States and Canada. They say the new rules could discourage millions of visitors from coming to one of the nation’s most majestic and romantic tourist attractions and result in billions of dollars a year in lost revenue.