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Banff not pushing to tax tourists, says mayor

March 29, 2005
Source: Banff Crag and Canyon
Original story — link verified on March 30, 2005

Recent reports of Banff pushing to tax tourists and asking for a cut of the provincial hotel tax have local officials scrambling to get their message out. “It’s very misleading,” said Banff mayor John Stutz. “We’re not pushing to tax tourists. What we are doing as one of our seven priorities is to investigate alternative sources of funding.”