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Ministry Promotions Have ‘No Lasting Value’ on Thanksgiving weekend were says Currie, up 20 per cent, part of it.” of No Return. Wash., tothe south, When you relate that situation to the Captain Cook “The 10 conts on the dollar isa catalyst, a way to offer Forget Those Buttons behind them will be lucky to he would have dubbed it Point chants have pledged to give $1.10 for every U.S. dollar through Dec. 31, The province American shoppers a bonus,” find vacant utility hookups in has advertised in a half-dozen . Washington State newspapers. Whatcom County, ite U.S. Shoppers wrote this commentary for the Vancouver Sun.) rs Downtown Busi- By ED KEATE (The author, president of * Vancouve: : the Border evaived Dollar Fails to Exc Elsewhere, results were travel industry minister for B.Ci, claims 10,009 B.C. mer- mixed to poor, ness Association and a travel city's history and "December was expected to be still better.” ip to business was the best in the Fewer Canadians Cross! Canada," observes George Bla- ker, assistant manager of the ‘furrier Holt Renfrew & Co. in Traffic at auch border stations as Champlain, N.Y., and International Falls, Minn., is reported normal by customs supervisors, No extra Ameri- cans are looking for Canadian bargains, spokesmen say. At Buffalo, N.Y.—close to Toronto—officials say there is no sign of increased American shopping. Most Canadian hotels treat the more-valuable U.S. dollar at par, and stores giving a premium of more than seven busting a gut to rush u cents are unusual. ard fig- “it be- based says Alas: trade was estimated at $2 million-a-week in 1976. were stunned In many areas, Businessmen lack hi ures, but say Canadian buying in ‘the United States has Vancouver. Ci slackened, has almost disappeared” cause of devaluation, dair McKichan, president of the at times worth more than the U.S. dollar, dropped to 90 cents in value.’ Economists say a decline in Canadian borrowing, political uncertainties and bur- geoning inflation caused the Retail Council of Canada, in Toronto. to n't cross: h les_guaran- 10 for every U.S, dollar, Fewer Cana- ig the border to : Detroit, where The devalued Canadian » worth about 91 cents in American shoppers, in Canadians, though, have some Canadian citi ol teed $1 Windsor, Ont. and the bar- last summer when their dollar, Shop in the U.S., officials and devaluation. gains of devaluation, the most unfavorable exchange rate in 40 years. dians are crossin; are shopping, as usual, at home, responded to what for them is One exception: ashort drive bri border retail trade lure, ex- ports say. United States currency, hes! proven to be a powerful, d agency operator, Though devaluation was businesamen say. debacle, is it not fair to wonder what in hell is going on? Merchant groups, banks, department stores, hotels and good for Canadian exports, a hoped. No one knows for sure how much money is involved in over-the-border shopping each fig = headed for nt 28 than. acs I am critical of these over Vancouver, frivolous ventures into tourism In 1977, 120,000 Japanese Yes, perhaps 60 million people ‘will see rose-covered replicas of Cook's vessels in the vacationers came to Canada 2D noms: zitist Columbia is an emerg- ing ‘nation in South’ America. How do we reach them? nd. ay places. such as Jasper or promotion because there's no 1978 Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena. But there are 90 million _ people living in the American Midwest who think Niagara Falls. lasting value in them. Bi Ey go. Even the the habitation believe me the Germans had Gold River Chamber of Com- closest to where Cook scudded his Whitby collier ashore to Indeed, Nootka Sound has If the Captain Cook pro- barely changed. since Cook's - Surely the department of ing therein the market squares tourism is aware that there's of Nuremberg and Munich with the little tin button on the lapel of my coat. absolutely no tourist acconi- modation at the community of merce agrees that the tourism infrastructure is noticeably that this mystery button was lacking, —" Gold River, voyage 200 years aj for, what then? its message At home, reads “British Columbia has a I felt perfectly nutty stand- special Smile for you", but in make emergency repairs, cheln spezieil fuer Sie!"—I have a special smile for you—and When I tried to explain the one I received in Tahiti when I explained that Captain Cock’s voyage to Friendly Cove Germany it reads “Ein Lae- one for me, too. tourists to British Columbia, part of a campaign to attract in- home. "way Still, Canadian merchants in some areas tried hard to snare the American buyer. “Zilch,” is how manager as ole Tne” Patrick McLarnon of Henry Obvious geographic diffi- culties prevent more cross- action responds when asked about an iF American shopping binge. border trade, says McKichan, Birks & Sons Ltd, of Vancouver Few Canadian cities abut American population centres, and U.S, citizens who want to buy Canadian usually must go great distances, pay bridge tolls and undergo border there has-been no increase in others in Vancouver all say US. trade. - “55 -for surge of American n't think people are retail buyers has not material- ized. : “Edo Holiday! Canadian retail year, though. in Washington ‘British Columbia Presents. The Christmas Shopping State alone, Anyone taking a wrong turn out of Campbell River wiil wind up as a chokerman in the Japanese and Western Germans are the most likely tourists to attract to our land for the simplereeson-thet they live in economies as expensive as our own or more so. The Japanese and Germans think nothing of paying $60 for a good hotel room or $4 for a scotch- : and-soda. lend was to be the theme of a new B.C. promo- tion campaign. A good question. In both instances my hosts 3 Our Smile buttons printed on Vancouver Is! asked why. The British Columbia gov- ernment has sponsored a aign in which businessmen “Friendship Exchange” cam- guaranteed Americans would receive $1.10 in value for every U.S. dollar they spent. Similar campaigns to attract American B Italian, German, Spanish, ete. are being flaunted in Japanese, A good example of the latter is the Christkindl Market that I witnessed the night of Nov. 25 in Nuremberg and the We should go after these hardy few who actually make it following night in Munich, markets with well-reasoned from scratch to. build attrac-. tions that will regenerate them- plans and, if necessary, start selves in years to come. normally clog the Island High- way from June to September. company town of Tahsis or fight for space with the thou- sands of sports fishermen who a Captain Cook look-alike named Kevin An- - drew and a Tall Ships Regatta rapidly dwindling tain Cook has ex- in numbers of participants. The object of the whole everywhere. The campaign to exercise? promote Cap! $1.6 million, that is, alas, t want to November customers have been launched in Windsor’ and elsewhere. General manager Bob Richardson of’ the Windsor office struggles constantly with rn’ businessmen who dot pay the full premium on U.S, dollars, Yet, he says, Fares, Chamber of Commerce says his To attract tourists to B.C., of course, and to make tourism our number one industry. What will happen to the Offer Lower A Both feature Victoria . and Vancouver, as -ceremonies aimed to delight Civic officials expected 2.5 million visitors by Dec. 25. 5600 buses and Both of these events occur in the market squares in the If, centres of these two beautiful _ The carnival the market is underscored with trains feed the Nuremberg the oompahpah of a Bavarian market each day. visitors: Some 3, to wind up spending the e's no question that History could repeat itsel Ther 1 iP .with these.tourists sailing past _ Bavarian cities. through to Friendly Cove? Captain Cook was the best their dollars in Alaska, Yukon or Alberta. Cook :did, Grace Mc- ause everyon One hesitates to be critical © What will they see or do? Carthy - bec: of anything associated with Travel Minister, T'm' certain that she and knows that she means so well her new deputy, Wayne Currie, - and the soon-to-be-hired ‘mar- keting managers will work long into the night to have everyone and tries so hard. ada and CP Air for pre-booked earlier approved for Air Can- ir ister Tells Airlines McCarthy said the provin- cial government has made an unsuccessful appeal for help to travel within Canada. _ the Canadian ‘transport com- mission, which regulates air fares, Provincial. Secretary Grace McCarthy told a news confer- that the : By | e® Travel Min British Columbia government is ence last month “@ REMEMBERS Aviation 1903-1960" Part 1. Film e@sracer eer tie + SpcesSrORTSSPECTACULAR 12) “Superskates [V~ 2) “World Cup Skiing” 3) “Super Cow! Preview" min.) 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But will their campaign have any long-lasting benefit for the type of tourism we need? an attempt to gain their co- operation, McCarthy said. to gs of a The millions destined to be spent everywhere but here Give us the funds that will in our inner city the open-heart surgery that will help the entire commercial body ties and attractions We need survive and thrive. would be better spent on facili- junior choir. us, There are thousands of is- In Tahiti there’s‘a museum and monument to the voyage of lands and bays and inlets him that has British Columbia. band and the tender son; Cook “(and also to Captain statue to commemorate Cook's throughout the world that were personally identified by this Wallis and Bougainville) and a locating the Transit of Vem But what will it do to attract dollars? Couple those behind the n't no- there is no surplus of Royal Hudson's next bit of In case you have: ticed, puffery to California and every free-loading flack in the country will be fighting for a seat. She said the private sector is doing its best to promote tourism . The travel industry minis- senior ter criticized a recent federal government move to impose an $8 levy on airline tickets pur- chased outside the country for travel to Canada as “plain most prolific namer of places be frittered away in places like who ever lived. yet the in the country, Idn’t have to worry about California and our merchants Had he known about this w incredible 1978 B.C. promotion S; space on the trail iP poor leadership by imposing Lower Mainland. 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