{"id":134415,"date":"2017-11-27T05:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T10:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134415"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:39:30","slug":"canada-150-proved-to-be-a-big-draw-for-tourism-operators-coast-to-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/27\/canada-150-proved-to-be-a-big-draw-for-tourism-operators-coast-to-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada 150 proved to be a big draw for tourism operators coast to coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“It’s not just international travellers, primarily it was a lot of Canadian who wanted to see more of their country that they hadn’t seen before.” (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

FREDERICTON —\u00a0Canada\u00a0celebrated its 150th birthday in 2017 but it was the tourism industry that got to collect the presents.<\/p>\n

Tourism operators from coast to coast were planning for big events and extra visitors, and in many cases the numbers have exceeded expectations even before the year draws to a close.<\/p>\n

\u201cDouble digit increases in every part of the country,\u201d said Gary Howard of the Canadian Automobile Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not just international travellers, primarily it was a lot of Canadians who wanted to see more of their country that they hadn’t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Destination\u00a0Canada, a federal Crown corporation, ran a campaign aimed at millennials in an effort to instil a \u201csense of pride\u201d in the country and have them become lifetime ambassadors for\u00a0Canada\u00a0both at home and abroad. The organization reported a 16 per cent increase in the number of Canadian millennials who vacationed within the country this year.<\/p>\n

Jantine Van Kregten, director of communications for Ottawa Tourism, said\u00a0Canada\u00a0150 promotions and advertising did a lot to attract people from other countries, as did Lonely Planet and the New York Times naming\u00a0Canada\u00a0as the No. 1 place to visit in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it did lead people to make the decision, out of any year to visit\u00a0Canada, this is going to be the year.\u00a0Canada\u00a0has always been one of those dream destinations for a lot of overseas visitors,\u201d Van Kregten said.<\/p>\n

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Howard said there was a lot of preparation leading up to\u00a0Canada\u00a0150 and tourism operators were ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cCruise lines had larger ships, there was an increase in rail capacity, and tour operators created more Canadian-ized packages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Randy Vogel, the owner\/operator of the Granville House Bed and Breakfast in Vancouver, said business was booming this year. He’s on track for the highest annual revenue in the 20-year history of the business.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada\u00a0150 helped our business out and helped tourism in general,\u201d he said, but added that the value of the loonie was also a big factor.<\/p>\n

\u201cA weak Canadian dollar will always attract more business than any of the big campaigns.<\/p>\n

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When you’ve got an 80 cent dollar to the U.S., reasonable flights, and 150 birthday as a reason to come — we get business.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the other end of the country, the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown is also reporting a record year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe consciously jumped on this opportunity at the Confederation Centre because after all, it is a memorial to the founding of\u00a0Canada, so we figured it was impossible to ignore. Right from the first of the year we looked for opportunities to promote it and talk about it,\u201d said Carol Horne, the centre’s chief marketing officer.<\/p>\n

Horne said aside from packed performances inside the centre, there were free shows outside in the evenings and their Confederation players portrayed historic Canadian figures in vignettes throughout Charlottetown — known as the birthplace of Confederation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe activity level around the building really impressed us,\u201d Horne said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCanada\u00a0150 helped us draw attention to a lot of things, and people were happy to have lots to do when they got here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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