> INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NUMBERS FOR CANADA : AUGUST 2000
> International travel to Canada decreased 1.3% in August 2000 mainly due to
> a strong drop in US overnight travel by auto and a slight decrease in
> overseas travel to Canada. Overnight total international travel to Canada
> decreased by 1.3% during the month of August 2000 compared with the same
> month last year. During the first eight months of the year 2000,
> international travel to Canada was up by 0.9% over the same period last
> year. 
> Canadian Tourism Commission, Market Research and Planning, 24 October 2000
> 
> BUS TRIPS TO THE US FROM CANADA
> The number of trips taken by residents of Canada by motor coach to the
> United States in July 2000 was 130,525, an increase from July 1999's
> figure of 122,487. The January-July 2000 shows 831,929 travelers, an
> increase from 821,414 for the same time period in 1999.
> OMCA Report, 20 October 2000, p. 2
> 
> CTC RECEIVES ROYAL ASSENT TO BECOME A CROWN CORPORATION
> The government announced that Bill C-5, legislation that will make the
> Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) a Crown corporation has received Royal
> Assent and becomes law. The Canadian Tourism Commission was established in
> 1995 as a Special Operating Agency reporting to the Department of
> Industry... As a Crown corporation, the Canadian Tourism Commission will
> provide more flexibility to achieve its goal of partnering with the
> tourism industry to sustain a vibrant and profitable national tourism
> industry. The priority on partnership with the private sector is reflected
> in the CTC's Board, which includes representatives of the tourism industry
> and federal, provincial and territorial governments. The CTC will be a
> Crown corporation under schedule III ((I) of the Financial Administrative
> Act and will be governed by Part X of the same statute. The Minister of
> Industry will continue to have responsibility for tourism policy. The Act
> will come into force on a date to be fixed by order of the Governor in
> Council, tentatively scheduled for January 2, 2001.
> Canadian Tourism Commission, Press Release, 23 October 2000
> 
> HOW THE BRITISH WILL TRAVEL 2005
> In their most recent publication, “How the British will Travel, 2005",
> Tourism Intelligence International predicts that Britain will produce 70.2
> million travelers abroad taking 35.2 million trips spending US$38.7
> billion.
> Tourism Industry Intelligence, September 2000, p. 2
> 
> KICKING HORSE MOUNTAIN RESORT
> Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, a $200-million project in Golden, B.C.,
> opens December 15th. It will be the first ski resort to open in the
> Canadian Rockies in 25 years. Grouse Mountain Resort is the operator and
> also an investor. The company’s president, Stuart McLaughlin, hopes
> Kicking Horse will draw 70,000 skier visits this winter and 100,000 over
> the summer.
> Marketing Magazine, 9 October 2000, p. 16
> 
> WWW.GITECANADA.COM
> A French version of the travel site, Bed and Breakfast Online Canada, was
> launched on the 25th October. Gite Canada (http://www.gitecanada.com) is
> also partnered with Canoe, a Canadian Internet portal operated in both
> languages. Now, all of this information will be available in French, as
> will be the tools that B&B owners use to update their information.
> Currently, only about 10 percent of the 3800 registered B&Bs offer
> bilingual information. For just $10.70 extra, a B & B can have bilingual
> listings on either the English or French sites, as well as on the Canoe
> portals. 
> Canada NewsWire, 25 October 2000
> 
> ONTARIO TOURISM MINISTER VISITS JAPAN
> The Minister of Tourism for Ontario, Cam Jackson is visiting Japan with a
> group of tourism businesses and exhibitors to attend the Kanata
> Marketplace 2000 in Osaka. The Marketplace will run from October 22-27 and
> promotes Canada to the Japanese travel trade. Fifteen Ontario tourism
> businesses will attend. The Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership
> Corporation (OTMP), an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, is
> providing marketing support for Ontario tourism exhibitors attending.
> Canada NewsWire, 23 October 2000
> 
> INTERNET USE SOARS IN EUROPE
> A study by Jupiter Media Metrix indicates that Europe is catching up to
> the United States in Internet use. According to Jupiter Research, 245
> million households worldwide will be online by 2005, with the majority of
> growth occurring in non-US markets. But the research firm says that it
> shows that the popularity of the Internet across Europe continues to grow
> rapidly. 
> Newsbytes News Network, 24 October 2000 
> 
> PEI EVENTS IN TOP 100 EVENTS LIST OF AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION
> The American Bus Association has listed two cultural events that take
> place on Prince Edward Island in the top 100 events in North America for
> 2001. The two events are the Charlottetown Festival and the College of
> Piping Celtic Festival which take place in the summer. The events were
> judged based on their broad appeal and accessibility to motorcoach tours
> and other large groups.
> The Guardian (Charlottetown), 21 October 2000, p. C10
> 
> CANADIANS OUTBOUND TO THE US
> The Tourism Industry Association of America predicts that visitor arrivals
> to the U.S. from Canada will jump from 14,110,000 in 1999 to 18,148,000 by
> 2003 - an increase of 28.6%.
> Travel Forecast, October 2000, p. 6
> 
> YUKON TOURISM AND WINTER MARKETING
> The Yukon Tourism Marketing Partnership has negotiated $70,000 in support
> from the Canadian Tourism Commission for winter marketing. The committee
> will develop a mass awareness program that will extend across Canada. This
> is the single largest contribution under the Rediscover Canada Program
> that the commission will be making to any one region. The total winter
> marketing budget is now $170,000 and will focus on winter events such as
> Trek Over the Top, Extreme Machines: Thunder on Ice, the Yukon Quest
> International Sled Dog Race and Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous. 
> The Whitehorse Star, 25 October 2000, p.4
> 
> AND FINALLY...
> To curb the cost of business travel, DaimlerChrysler, whose travel budget
> is $600 million a year, operates its own shuttle service between Detroit
> and Stuttgart, Germany.
> Newsweek, 23 October 2000, p. 47
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