TIA Yukon Industry Update - July 2008 Issue # 1
- July 2008 Newsletter
In this issue...
- Yukon River Quest 2008
Records broken in Yukon River Quest
Monday, June 30, 2008
- Government of Canada Makes Strategic Investment in Yukon Arts Communities and Economy
The Honorable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, today announced funding to support the Yukon Arts Community through Canada's Strategic Investments in Northern Economic Development (SINED) initiative. - Community Events for the Week of June 27 to July 4, 2008
Tourism Yukon is pleased to provide you with a copy of the community events for the week of June 27 to July 4, 2008 - Yukon Tourism Economy is Still Quite Solid
Yukon economy helps drive growing population. - Find seasonal staff for peak and slow times.
For employers with seasonal staff, peak and slow times, WORKTOPLAY.CA is the perfect solution to find employees that are a match. - Tourism Spending Up in First Quarter - Driven by Canadian Travel
Canadians spent 2.3 percent more money in Canada. - Canada Glams Up its Tourism Appeal with Buzz Marketing to a Well-heeled Crowd
Pedestrians in downtown New York City might be startled to hear Canadian northerners discussing an oncoming polar bear. - Online Sites Getting Creative to Appeal to Stay-close-to-home Travelers
Almost two-thirds of respondents to Kayak.com planned to be tourists in their home states or within a three-hour drive this summer, reported the search engine that calls itself the world’s largest. - Travel Outlook is Bleak
'Perfect Storm'; Domestic rise helping sector in short term... - The Perfect Storm: Search, Shop, Buy
The successful theme of last year's PhoCusWright Conference, 'Braving the Long Tail,' and 'Travel 2.0 Confronts the Establishment' the year before, set the stage for the storm that is now brewing in the online travel space. - Air Canada Pares Back its Flight Schedule
Measures aimed at saving on fuel. System wide 7% reduction is in the works. - Oil-Fueled Catastrophe in the Airline Industry Would Cripple U.S. Economy and Eliminate American Jobs
Massive job losses, supply chain disruption, declining business activity, shrinking tax revenues, weakened American competitiveness, devastated communities, and reduced tourism are just some of the predictable results from airline liquidations that could happen as early as the second half of 2008 as a direct result of unsustainable fuel prices. - What Global Tourists Want
The onus is on Canada to find its own niche in the tourism world. We need to build some merchandising brand names in our own country that will make it a destination on its own. - Super Wealthy Travellers Insist on Value for Money - Poll
The majority of the most affluent travelers are demanding value for money amid the credit crunch, a new survey shows. - China's Visa Policy Threatens Olympics Tourism
With the Beijing Olympics less than two months away, hotel operators,
travel agencies, and foreign businessmen say new Chinese visa
restrictions are proving bad for business, casting a pall over
Beijing during what was supposed to be a busy and jubilant tourist
season leading up to the Olympic Games.