From the Niagara Falls Review: Fewer Americans came to visit Canada in October than in September, while the number of Canadians travelling to the United States was up slightly the same month, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Travel by U. S. residents to Canada fell 2.6% to 1.6 million in October, compared to…
From Niagara This Week: The double whammy of the brutal recession and new identification rules at the border have devastated cross-border travel that’s a backbone of Niagara’s crucial tourism sector, gutting thousands of jobs here, figures from the Binational Tourism Alliance show. In an attempt to try to reverse the disturbing trend, the alliance is…
From CanadaEast.com: David Tetrault has noticed a 50 per cent drop in business at his bed and breakfast in Niagara Falls, Ont., this year and he estimates a chunk of that is the result of new passport regulations at the Canada-U.S. border. “Our business is probably 30 per cent less just because of the passport…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Welcome to the United States. No passport required. Scores of native North Americans poured across into Canada from the U.S., then returned home without a passport Saturday, despite new American rules requiring most people to carry a passport or some other approved government document to enter the United States. Natives…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Canadian tourism industry is experiencing its longest period of decline since the 9-11 terrorist attacks almost eight years ago, according to Statistics Canada report released Monday. But if the recent experience of the Niagara Parks Commission is a good indication of what’s happening elsewhere in Niagara, Ontario and across…
From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: If you’re a U.S. citizen lacking the proper documentation for that return trip from Canada, don’t panic. After all those warnings that you needed to be in full compliance by June 1 — when the new rules took effect — the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reminded motorists…
From the Toronto Star: As cars and trucks breezed across the Peace Bridge to Buffalo this morning, it was shaping up to be a typical Monday at the U.S.-Canadian border despite new documentation requirements coming into effect today. Under the new requirements, Canadians will still be allowed across the U.S. border without a passport or…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Canadians travelling to the U. S. by car need to add one more thing to their checklist starting today as new rules requiring passports kick in. Showing up at a crossing with your birth certificate or citizenship card and photo ID won’t guarantee entry anymore. The United States now requires…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Things are going well for the Niagara Parks Commission. The first half of 2009, including two long weekends, brought better than expected crowds around the historic park area. “It has been a good kickoff to the year,” said general manager John Kernahan. “But I’m extremely fearful of what’s coming.” After…
From Canoe.ca Travel: Just beneath the cheery din of slot-machine sirens, the sound of blissed-out tourist traffic and the crash of Niagara Falls, an undercurrent of anxiety is flowing among merchants and attraction operators as they brace for what some fear could be a summer of discontent. As of June 1, those who make their…