Niagara Falls markets itself to India’s tourists

    From the Buffalo News: There are more than 1 billion people in India, and a leading Niagara tourism outfit wants to entice as many as possible to come to the American side of the falls. In a first for the area’s tourism industry, the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. has hired a travel marketing firm…

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      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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          Zooz Newsletter July 8, 2008

          Yesterday I received the latest newsletter from Zooz. They are promoting their summer concert series. To subscribe to the Zooz newsletter, click on the Zooz News page and register.

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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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                Pictures/videos of Dean Sullivan’s jump/rappel off the Skylon Tower

                So, yesterday morning I headed over to the Skylon Tower and got there a little after 11:15. I thought Dean Sullivan was going to be jumping at 11:30. It was a beautiful Summer day, with a slight wind. The wind would pick up a bit from time to time (at one point the rope going…

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                  Big Weekend a Bit Bust for Tourism

                  From the Niagara Falls Reporter: Another long Fourth of July weekend has come and gone, and many in the tourism industry here are left feeling that the sun-drenched holiday missed yet another opportunity to capitalize on as many as 100,000 who passed through town, for the most part briefly, on their way to the state…

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                    Juliebeane: Niagara Falls

                    Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls. There are pictures as well: We made it to Niagara Falls. What a boring trip from Michigan, through Canada, to Niagara. I’m sorry if you live on a farm, but I am sick of seeing farms. They look the same, even in…

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                      News from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours

                      Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours. This is their first newsletter. For now, the only way I am aware of signing up for the newsletter is by visiting the web site of the company that provides the newsletter service.

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