From the Niagara Falls Review: There’s still so much confusion about what travel documents are required for entering the United States from Canada, government agencies on both sides of the border should sponsor “clinics” to help people decide which type of identification meets their needs and even to help fill out application forms, the head [...]
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From the Buffalo News: The Binational Tourism Alliance, with offices in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Ont., is not a marketing group. Instead, it aims to break down barriers to tourism and cultural development. Arlene White, the executive director, said the border should not be an impediment, “just the way it doesn’t stop the Falls from [...]
From the Toronto Star: Tourism industry officials in Toronto and Niagara Falls say they are shocked to learn the U.S. State Department plans to raise passport fees by as much as 35 per cent. A new adult passport would cost $135, up from $100. Since last summer, passports have been mandatory to cross the Canada-U.S. [...]
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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 [...]
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Someone with a Blogger blog posted twice (including pictures and videos) about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (Sep 1 and Sep 2): Border crossing in the Canada was less entertaining than last time we were here (we were here last right after 9-11 and the border guard asked Robby what we were going to [...]
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From the Long Island International Travel Examiner: Make a run for the border (the other one) to get away this holiday weekend. The Ontario side of Niagara Falls has many popular restaurants, bars, attractions and, of course, those Falls. (Do you know there are several different ones?) When I drove there in July, it took [...]
From the Canadian Press (via Google News): Travel between Canada and other countries decreased in June, led by a decline in trips between Canada and the United States… StatsCan reports the decrease in travel abroad was the result of 9.6 per cent fewer trips to the United States in June… Canadians took 1.4 million overnight [...]
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Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: For those who don’t travel regularly, you may not know this, but crossing international borders isn’t as easy as it used to be. Even the Canadian border patrol was surprisingly annoying. You must have a passport now to enter Canada, and when [...]
From the Associated Press via the San Francisco Chronicle: Up here, it becomes clear what helicopter pilot Ruedi Hafen has said on the ground: A helicopter offers a view of Niagara Falls like no other, and no one wants to leave without a picture, or 10. It’s also obvious just how imposing the landscape really [...]
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