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…
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…
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…
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…
From UPI.com: The number of people traveling between the United States and Canada dropped from May to June, a tourism official said Sunday in Niagara Falls, Ont. This is the first time in memory the number of tourists declined in the border region between Western New York and Canada, said Arlene White, executive director of…
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 trips arranged by Lezlie Harper Wells are a hit with U.S. African Americans. Since 2004, she’s helped co-ordinate 600 American group sojourns to explore Niagara’s rich black history and its Underground Railroad that helped free U.S. slaves. However, new passport rules at the U.S. border and a sick economy…
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about living near Niagara Falls: I live in the small city of St. Catharines (Google it, nothing interesting will come up.) which is just outside of the more well known city of Niagara Falls. This Canadian/American border plays host to millions of tourists a year who come to see…