From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls might not be at the top of their list, but they love us in China. The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Eiffel Tower in France and Venice in Italy are world landmarks that rank higher on the list of places Chinese travellers have on their bucket list,…
This is an old article, but the flow of visitors certainly seemed to continue through the whole summer. From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s two casinos are cashing in thanks to a weaker Canadian dollar and more Americans crossing the border. “Business was solid April through June,” said Greg Medulun, director of communications for Fallsview…
From Buffalo Business First: A vote by the Toronto City Council to support a massive gambling expansion at the Woodbine Racetrack could have a chilling economic impact on a pair of casinos in Niagara Falls, Ont. and effectively wipe out any hope of slots returning to Fort Erie Racetrack. The council vote is one of…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Wayne Thomson can remember exactly where he was when he heard the province of Ontario was considering a law to allow casino gambling at two border towns. “At first I was skeptical,” the former mayor and current councillor of Niagara Falls, Ont. said. The Canadian resort city was eventually…
From the Buffalo News: A trip to visit Niagara Falls could be much more than a stop to view the world famous waterfalls. Plans to develop new tourism in the “Falls to Fort” region and extend tourists’ length of stay and overall spending were announced at a media event Monday in Niagara Falls, hosted by…
From the Welland Tribune: Karl-Heinz Holzwarth was wrapping up his inaugural trip to Canada, and mining for future destination possibilities. On Wednesday, he found gold at Niagara’s Ontario Travel Information Centre. “My wife Rosa and I were in our car heading to Niagara Falls, took the wrong road, and I saw this visitor centre on…
From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls and Niagara County saw some solid tourism numbers last year, according to the Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp.’s annual report released Tuesday. Some of the highlights of the report included… …“I’m happy to stand before you today to talk about the wonderful numbers and tourism growth that we have…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Look, when you’ve lived here long enough, we all do it. Complain about tourism. We gripe when we’re in a hurry and there’s a car with a Pennsylvania plate ahead of us. We gripe when we hit a pothole on Drummond Rd. but see a War of 1812 archway over…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls will receive $323,250 from two tourism programs to help secure talent and pay for production costs for the 2015 New Year’s Eve show. City staff made a submission for funding to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s Celebrate Ontario program for the Queen Victoria Park show televised…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Those who use the GO train summer service in Niagara Falls are sold on it. Some wish it was every day, but for the time being, they appear to be content with both the service and the cost. “It’s so nice not having to drive and just be able to…