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The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada

News categories: tourism


101 records from January 2000 to January 2005
2005  Canada’s new status with China seen as boost for tourism   January 21
2004  Tourism industry spent 2003 mired in doldrums   December 17
 Banff: Where art and nature are happily allied [travel]   December 12
 Calgary recovering lost tourist dollars but Banff still lagging   November 27
 Rimrock, Canadian Mountain Holidays among award winners   November 9
 Klein brings tourism industry message to the faithful   October 28
 Canadian Mountain Holidays wins Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award   October 26
 Julie Canning elected to Tourism Industry Association   October 25
 Business booming in Banff despite strike   August 28
 Banff tourism bounces back   July 29
 Alberta pumping cash into vacation promotions, cutting hotel tax   July 28
 Province to eliminate hotel room tax, increase funding for tourism   July 27
 Grizzly fence debate divides Lake Louise   July 27
 Tourists return to Banff   July 26
 Operators expect tourism recovery in 2004   June 1
 Japanese market shows recovery   May 27
 Better tourism year expected   May 17
 Banff delegates discuss Japanese marketing options   May 17
 Province envisions double dose of Japanese tourists this summer   April 3
 Banff ranked high for sustainable tourism   March 16
 Asian tourism market had biggest drop, says survey   March 4
 Massive growth of ecotourism worries biologists   March 4
 Parks continue to be main lure for Alberta’s visitors   March 2
 Bylaw cements tourism bureau funding   February 27
 Survey confirms big drop in Japanese traffic   February 27
 Stars aligned for romance in the Rockies   February 12
2003  2004 holds tourism promise   December 29
 Canada’s biggest crop offsets tourism losses   November 5
 Local tourism award finalists miss the cut   November 4
 Banff businesses hope winter will start tourism rebound   November 3
 Snowsell and businesses nominated for Travel Alberta awards   October 8
 AMPPE appoints new executive director   October 2
 Tourism missing from Klein’s speech   October 1
 Tourism takes record drop nation wide   September 29
 Banff corridor tourist industry reeling   September 23
 Face of tourism changing in national parks   September 11
 Kelowna a refreshing change from smoky Banff   August 22
 McKnight files $300,000 suit against tourism bureau   July 31
 Japanese tourists welcomed with open arms   July 30
 Restaurant owners ponder bring-your-own wine   July 30
 Banff tourism bureau faces lawsuit   July 29
 Fairmont issues profit warning on SARS   July 24
 Tourism down   July 23
 Worst summer for mountain tourism   July 21
 Tourism Bureau chooses Canning   July 16
 Lonely days in the Canadian Rockies   July 12
 Alberta tourism wards off SARS   June 20
 SARS, parking, sewage, controlled burn   June 18
 Heavier tax on tourists proposed   June 17
 SARS-free Banff still feels effects of deadly disease   June 11
 Hotel/motel group upset with town brass   June 4
 Tax on tourists floated   June 2
 Too big for tax base, Banff looks for special designation   May 29
 Banff touts taxing tourists   May 29
 Hotel rooms empty as SARS fears hit Alberta tourism   May 9
 Tourism suffers in Banff, Lake Louise   April 17
 Economic erosion slams Banff stores   April 16
 Tourism industry braces for slack season   April 14
 Move doubles local tourism region’s operating budget   April 10
 SARS and war not only tourism challenges   April 9
 War will cost billions: Canadian tourism officials   April 6
 Tourism suffers effects of war   April 5
 New hotel tax to help tourism   March 31
 War and poor snow zap tourist dough   March 29
 Manley pressed Canada to support U.S. invasion of Iraq   March 26
 Tourism Bureau aims to be flexible   March 26
 Anti-American remarks could hurt Banff tourism   March 12
 Wolf deaths prompt call for boycott of Banff   January 10
 Holiday bookings a mixed bag   January 9
 More marketing money in sight   January 8
2002  Resort town revenue rocky   November 25
 Tourist tax touted for Banff   November 25
 Whistler beats out the Rockies   November 19
 Resorts gearing up for opening   November 14
 Tourism industry promised increased marketing   October 30
 Arthur Haenni of Banff Gondola finalist for tourism award   October 11
 Province studying request for extra funds   October 3
 If a tree falls, are there any campers to hear it?   August 31
 Is Canada’s tourism going to pot?   August 10
 Where are all the [Nova Scotia] tourists?   July 30
 Brits are least liked tourists   July 23
 Banff needs a $1.49 day (editorial)   July 22
 Rooms go begging in Banff   July 20
 Tourism upsurge noted   July 17
 Rocky Mountains tourism taking a hit   June 26
 Tourism down during G-8   June 26
2001  Banff looks overseas to recapture visitors   October 2
 Attack hammers Banff tourism   September 18
 Province launching tourism review   August 15
 Jasper's tourist traffic down sharply this year   August 7
 “The horror that is Banff Avenue” -- columnist pines for quiet   August 5
 Tourism slump hits Banff businesses   August 4
 Park tourism down, group says   August 1
 Emerald Lake stands out in Rockies vacation   May 6
 Visit to Banff not recommended   April 19
 Overcrowding in US parks will drive vacationers north   March 25
2000  Alberta increases tourism marketing funding   November 15
 New airline schedules pummel tourism, Havelock say   August 25
 Air cuts blamed for tourist decline   August 10
 Federal report knocks tourism   April 5
 Skiers hit Banff with non-stop flights   January 24

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