A flickr user going by Lancastrian has posted a bunch of great pictures of a trip to Niagara Falls.
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A reader of the Miami Herald asked this question (click the link to find out the answer):
Q. We’re trying to settle a debate: Is Niagara Falls in the United States or Canada?
Thank-you Graham.
As Graham has mentioned. I have recently approached him about adding content to his site, simply to combine our efforts in keeping his visitors informed of the everyday changes (large or small) occurring throughout the tourist areas of Niagara Falls. My passion for Niagara Falls comes from a lifelong fascination with the falls themselves, as well as tall buildings and change itself. Although I did not grow up here, my memories of Niagara Falls are pretty much the same as all of Access Niagara’s visitors, in that we all share similar memories of the past. This is where I vacationed many times with my family growing up, as well as where I proposed to my wife in front of the Falls, and where I vacationed for the first time as a father. I look forward to this new venture, and I truly believe that this site will be the Niagara Falls go to site for the future.
Lonny Bailey
Someone with their own web site/blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls:
Then, I went to a couple soccer games… went to the casino and today hung out in Niagara Falls. Woot, we went jetboating and it was amazing. Despite getting soaked with freezing cold water for an hour, I was in heaven and want to go back. After jetboating we drove around looking at my future house mansions owned by all the wine estates and rich people in Niagara. I swear I wish my family owned a wine estate, we’d be billionaires and we would have gorgeous house along the lake front. Heck, I think I may want to live more in Niagara then in Toronto these days since it is so much more beautiful.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Mayor Brian McMullan of St. Catharines is right about one thing: Niagara is fortunate to have Niagara Falls as a major tourist destination.
But he veers off course in suggesting all Niagara municipalities pool destination marketing fee money to promote the region to tourists.
Given the number of hotels in the city, Niagara Falls would be carrying the bulk of the load when it comes to contributing pooled resources.
The status quo is far from perfect. Right now, the money collected in Niagara Falls stays with the hotel owners to fund their own programs as well as buy-in promotions with Niagara Falls Tourism.
In the case of St. Catharines, a government-approved destination marketing fee is collected by the city and remitted to the Ontario Restaurant, Hotel and Motel Association, where it is also managed.
But that’s not the point in this instance.
Another article about the Destination Marketing Fee (or DMF) in the Niagara Region from the Niagara Falls Review:
St. Catharines Mayor Brian McMullan wants all Niagara municipalities to pool destination marketing fund money to promote the region to tourists -and he’s got the support of Regional Chairman Peter Partington.
“I think we’re fortunate to have the Falls here, in terms of a major tourist destination,” McMullan said this week. “I don’t think we should be envious of that, but we should be using that to our best advantage and we aren’t, so shame on us.”
Currently, St. Catharines is the only one of Niagara’s 12 municipalities to collect a government-approved destination marketing fee: Money raised by a three per cent levy on a hotel room bill to promote a tourist destination.
With 700 hotel rooms, the Garden City generates about $250,000 a year in destination marketing fees, which is remitted to and managed by the nonprofit Ontario Restaurant, Hotel and Motel Association.
Niagara Falls collects an estimated $9.6 million a year through its version of the destination marketing fee as well, although the funds are typically kept by the individual hotel owners for their own programs as well as buy-ins with Niagara Falls Tourism.
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls:
That old Vaudeville line always reminds me of my Dad, though it’s in I Love Lucy and a Three Stooges skit too. All the authors / relayers of that line have one thing in common though - a reference to Niagara Falls. As you (should) know from reading my previous posts, Andrew and I took a few days earlier this week and drove to the gorgeous, romantic region for a break away from family and work. Sorry guys, we love ya, but we needed it!
Apparently on August 27, 2008 there is going to be some ceremony that connects “the Energies of North and South America”. I heard about this in a local paper when I was away at the cottage, and it mentioned that some water from Iguazu Falls was blessed and will be poured into the water at Niagara Falls. Unfortunately the web site doesn’t really explain anything yet.
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 the tourist hot spot in Niagara Falls, despite projections earlier this year that the numbers might fall.
On the other hand, we hear from others who say it has been a soft year … much as what was expected.
From the Toledo Blade:
It’s a wow! It’s a wonder.
Niagara Falls is a magnificent example of Mother Nature at her best, surrounded by hundreds of manmade attractions.
After a ride on the Maid of the Mist boat through the falls, which is a must on almost everyone’s plans, the city of Niagara in Ontario and the surrounding region beckon with many entertainment choices for families.
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