From the Niagara Falls Review: How’s Niagara Falls supposed to compete with Hello Kitty? Earlier this month, Japan’s tourism ministry named Hello Kitty, a cartoon character, its “tourism ambassador” to China and Hong Kong, a market Niagara has also been eager to tap… If Niagara wanted to follow Japan’s approach, there are so many colourful…
Jaunted, “The Pop Culture Travel Guide”, recently had a posting about Niagara Falls: Yes, you’ve seen Niagara Falls before, but have you ever ventured over the edge in a barrel? No? Here’s a tour that’s the next best thing–and probably a lot safer.
From the Buffalo News: Most people who would like to see Niagara Falls, N.Y., redevelop as a tourism powerhouse don’t necessarily envision the kind of carnival atmosphere of its neighboring city across the Niagara Gorge. There are enough tourist trappings on the Canadian side — with more, and bigger ones added routinely— to turn the…
I’m a few days lat eon this, but on Friday the News – Democrat & Leader (out of Kentucky) had a religious article that mentioned a daredevil named Charles G. Stephens who tried to go over Niagara Falls: Daredevil Charles G. Stephens was one of many to attempt to survive a barrel ride over Niagara…
Wow, that’s a long title! The following is from a press release at Hospitality Net from the Skylon Tower: The Skylon Tower announces FREE admission to the popular Niagara Falls attraction Ride-to-the-Top and Indoor/Outdoor Observation Decks when dining. Visitors to Niagara Falls can combine the experience of this favorite Niagara Falls attraction with the best…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s Fury is facing further delays. Niagara Parks Commission spokesman Tony Baldinelli said Monday it might be Friday before the Transportation Safety Standards Association signs off on the attraction, allowing people to ride. “We’re really at their mercy,” he said.
From the Buffalo News: Norma K. Fulp spends her summer afternoons armed with maps and information as she waits for tourists by the rapids of the upper Niagara River. The part-time nurse and Niagara Falls resident is a volunteer for the Niagara Greeters “Info On the Go†program. The program, in its fifth year, will…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Who says travellers are sticking close to home this summer? Nearly half of America’s 50 states were represented in the Niagara Parks Commission’s parking lot at Table Rock Sunday afternoon. Throngs of people strolled along the walkway adjacent to the falls, lazed in the park, dined in cafes in the…
From the Washington Post: “This book documents an obsession,” writes Ginger Strand in her entertaining study of the exploitation of Niagara Falls, both town and waterfall. Niagara’s history, she claims, is fraught with “falsification, prevarication and omission.” In Inventing Niagara, she sets out on a quest to cut through the cultural accretions of centuries and…
From the Buffalo News: The Seneca Nation sees Niagara Falls’ glass as half full. We see unrealized potential, where some see potholes. Some point at the skyline across the river and bemoan the leadership and hard-working people on this side who get up every day and make Niagara Falls better.