Back in NY: Niagara Falls, Ontario

    Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (there are also quite a few pictures as well): Since we were driving upstate for a wedding, Jay and I figured we’d stop at beautiful Niagara Falls, Ontario. The Falls, which is made up of both the American and Canadian Falls, has…

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      Tourism stuck in second gear

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Pain at the pumps could convince some travellers to cut back on spending and rethink their travel plans. But for those taking a stroll around Table Rock Tuesday, the allure of the magnificent falls was just too much to resist. “It’s pretty awesome, such a spectacular view,” said Tom Morrisett,…

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        Trumpeting daredevil heritage sends Niagara Falls back to the future

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Once a carnie town, always a carnie town? That’s the logic both downtown businesses and the tourism industry are using to get you to buy into events like Monday’s plunge from the Skylon Tower by daredevil Dean Sullivan and next month`s Daredevil Days festival. Niagara Falls has a nearly 200-year-old…

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          Tourism season ‘highly erratic’

          From the St. Catharines Standard: Tourism in Niagara has been kind of like the weather so far this summer: unpredictable. Soaring gas prices, a slow U. S. economy, ongoing confusion over border crossing rules, a weak U. S. dollar, constant construction on the QEW and rainy skies have dampened this year’s tourism season in Niagara….

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