From the Niagara Falls Review:
This past season provided a “perfect recipe” for the Winter Festival of Lights to “really shine,” says program director Tina Myers.
“Fabulous” weather, a favourable U.S. currency exchange and the investment of $2 million into lighting, infrastructure and new technology ensured the festival “kicked butt” in 2015-16, she said.
The festival saw a 43 per cent increase in the number of vehicles that drove through Dufferin Islands this past season between Nov. 21 and Jan. 31.
That means 61,551 vehicles passed through Dufferin Islands, which saw a large lighting expansion and is the festival’s primary point of interaction with visitors, compared to 43,189 in 2014-15.
“We broke a record,” said Myers, adding the previous record at Dufferin Islands was 59,000 vehicles in 2006.
“We are extremely happy about that.”