Comments on: Why travel to Canada? http://marctyrrell.com/2008/06/03/30/ Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tourism Conferences in Canada « Tourism Internet Marketing http://marctyrrell.com/2008/06/03/30/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Tourism Conferences in Canada « Tourism Internet Marketing Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:54:04 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=30#comment-1003 [...] Mark Tyrrell attended the Canada e-Connect tourism conference and observed the following: If you look at the tourism data provided by Statistics Canada and the CTC, one of the things that jumps out a you is how much of it is based on VFR - Visiting Friends and Relatives. The second thing that jumps out, although you have to dig a bit deeper, is that once people come to Canada, they have a significant tendency to return to Canada. [...] [...] Mark Tyrrell attended the Canada e-Connect tourism conference and observed the following: If you look at the tourism data provided by Statistics Canada and the CTC, one of the things that jumps out a you is how much of it is based on VFR – Visiting Friends and Relatives. The second thing that jumps out, although you have to dig a bit deeper, is that once people come to Canada, they have a significant tendency to return to Canada. [...]

]]> By: Eddie http://marctyrrell.com/2008/06/03/30/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Eddie Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:15:58 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=30#comment-76 A thoughtful post! I lived in the Seattle metro area last year while serving on a naval ship there. I went to Vancouver, Richmond & Victoria several times, including a 12 day stay while my fiancee from Hong Kong visited. Its a fabulous place for more than just the natural beauty and excellent food. There are a good mix of living environments, diverse mix of cultures blending into the Canadian (much more than food obviously... languages, music, art, classes in various martial arts and dancing, etc.) and an impressive infrastructure of schools, transit and business. All in all, I really wish I had stayed in Washington or just outright moved to Victoria, attended college there or (at least grad school) and then pursued employment in Canada. When our ship visited Victoria later last year, many sailors were very impressed with the island, not just the city. Just an immense amount of options for places to go and things to experience. All in all, emphasizing the fun and comfort factor may be conducive to improving tourism. I fail to see how a Russian, Kenyan, Chinese, Turk or Brazilian would not be pleased with the Canadian experience at the right seasons of the year. Didn't Australia do this in the 90's? A thoughtful post! I lived in the Seattle metro area last year while serving on a naval ship there. I went to Vancouver, Richmond & Victoria several times, including a 12 day stay while my fiancee from Hong Kong visited. Its a fabulous place for more than just the natural beauty and excellent food. There are a good mix of living environments, diverse mix of cultures blending into the Canadian (much more than food obviously… languages, music, art, classes in various martial arts and dancing, etc.) and an impressive infrastructure of schools, transit and business.

All in all, I really wish I had stayed in Washington or just outright moved to Victoria, attended college there or (at least grad school) and then pursued employment in Canada. When our ship visited Victoria later last year, many sailors were very impressed with the island, not just the city. Just an immense amount of options for places to go and things to experience.

All in all, emphasizing the fun and comfort factor may be conducive to improving tourism. I fail to see how a Russian, Kenyan, Chinese, Turk or Brazilian would not be pleased with the Canadian experience at the right seasons of the year. Didn’t Australia do this in the 90’s?

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