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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Passports, the economy and cheerleading might not seem to have a lot in common, but they do.
Just ask Nick Nero, organizer of the 26th annual Festival of Lights Cheerleading Championship competition held in Niagara Falls on the weekend.
Teams from the United States, which in past years have brought a lot of [...]
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From the Toronto Sun:
Explore your own backyard
Tourist towns near the border with the U.S. have suffered a triple whammy in recent years. The recession, new passport rules and a strong Canadian dollar have kept Americans at home.
According to statistics from Ontario Tourism, from January to June 2009 the number of American visitors to Ontario fell [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Ontario needs to take “practical, concrete steps” to help border communities through difficult economic times, Progressive Conservative leader John Tory says.
The provincial opposition leader was in Fort Erie yesterday afternoon to meet with Mayor Douglas Martin and the Fort Erie Economic Development and Tourism Corporation to discuss the struggling tourism industry [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Depending on who you talk to, things don’t appear to be as bad as many thought they would be in the tourism sector this year.
Some operators along Clifton Hill are reporting a better-than-expected summer – poor weather, a high Canadian dollar and slowdowns at the border haven’t stopped visitors from crowding [...]
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This isn’t specifically about Niagara Falls, but the information is pertinent.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
A summer of record oil prices, a strong Canadian dollar and a slowing world economy are creating a “perfect storm” that’s putting a dent in Canada’s tourism market this summer, industry officials say.
Canada’s three major tourist destinations – Toronto, Montreal and [...]
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