All things Niagara Falls tourism…
From the Niagara Gazette:
With a bird’s eye view of the roaring falls, members of the Niagara Falls Tourism Advisory Board met with a top state park official Monday to discuss future projects and partnerships.
“I truly believe the state of New York understands we can’t just have a situation where tourists come to the park … and then go directly back to their rooms,” Tourism Board Chairman Jerry Genova said. “We need them to come into our city and into our businesses.”
From the Worcester Telegram & Gazette News:
When Ginger Strand first heard the roar that fills the air around Niagara Falls she was hooked.
She was surprised by her reaction to the thundering rush of water. She was, after all, a college student who had come to the Falls with her boyfriend to smirk at the tacky surroundings and buy up kitschy souvenirs for her friends.
Yet as Strand explains in her new book, “Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, Lies” (Simon & Schuster, $25), Niagara Falls — and its complicated history — exert a magnetic pull.
I saw this billboard for Niagara’s Fury (the first one I’ve seen) on Stanley Avenue between Murray Hill and Robinson St.
As I was out for my walk today, I was going up Murray Hill and there were several police cars. As I got to Fallsview Blvd, I noticed there was a very large demonstration in front of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort. There were dozens of people blowing whistles and holding up various signs. Some of the read:
There was also a pickup truck with a very large blow-up rat.
From Niagara This Week:
The city’s People Mover project, planned to move riders from one end of the tourist area to the other, is still not dead, although a new crop of obstacles is forcing a shortening of its route.
No longer moving forward with a looped route, council gave the go-ahead to launch studies on a shorter, linear system on top of the escarpment as a first phase. The city will have to decide whether to send out a request for proposals by the end of the year, either moving ahead with the phase or putting an end to the People Mover once and for all.
“We believe you need to have a starting point,” said David Schram, a consultant working on the project. “If that is successful, we anticipate the next phases will follow.
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