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Graham on December 17th, 2009

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 the previous [...]

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Graham on October 31st, 2009

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 pushing local, [...]

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Graham on June 5th, 2009

From World Village:
With the price of gas going up again this summer and the need to keep expenses down, you can create a vacation itinerary that ends up being a lot more fun than you might have imagined. Even if you did have more money to spend on a vacation it wouldn’t necessarily translate into [...]

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Graham on June 1st, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Canadians travelling to the U. S. by car need to add one more thing to their checklist starting today as new rules requiring passports kick in.
Showing up at a crossing with your birth certificate or citizenship card and photo ID won’t guarantee entry anymore. The United States now requires Canadians and [...]

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Graham on April 16th, 2009

Someone posted a question recently to Yahoo! Answers:
im probably goin for a day or 2 for spring break b4 we go to cape cod….we drivin from central/upsate NY(catskill region)…wat inexpensive things r there to do around that area?? family things (none of those haunted hou thingies) ive been there like 5 times b4 and we [...]

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The Vacation and Travel Photos blog has posted about someone’s trip to Niagara Falls:
Today, the first one of a series of two guest posts that will take us with Liz from Busy Lizzy’s Easle on a trip to the Niagara Falls. With a big thank you, and without any more delays, words and camera to [...]

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10Best is a site that offers various lists and information for travelers. They have a section of their site for Niagara Falls:
The Niagara Region has always managed to captivate travelers young and old. During the earliest European forays into this part of North America, one can only imagine how speechless … how stunned those first [...]

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Graham on March 2nd, 2009

From the Wichita Eagle:
My grandfather was from Buffalo, N,Y. And when we would visit family there, we always took a trip to Niagara Falls. I’ve been three times, and each trip has its distinct memories.
I’ve seen the falls from every conceivable angle, from the U.S. side to the Canadian, from calm river, to the mist [...]

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Graham on February 25th, 2009

Has anyone seen the movie Jump Tomorrow?
From IMDB:
George, a passive and sometimes expressionless Nigerian, arrives at the Buffalo airport to meet the women his family has arranged for him to marry. He’s late, she’s gone on to Niagara Falls, so he has two days, traveling slowly and reluctantly, to get to the wedding.
So the movie [...]

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Graham on January 28th, 2009

Eyes That Travel has some information about day trips to Niagara Falls:
Given the current economic situation, many teachers in the Toronto area (or Southern Ontario) who normally plan overnight tours for their students to places like Ottawa and Quebec City are considering a shorter day trip instead – usually to Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls offers both [...]

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