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Winter 2009-10
Games without
frontiers
Olympic Games are not always good for tourism
but, as Rob Gill reports, Canadian specialists are
cautiously optimistic for the coming ski season
C
anada’s ski resorts are waiting
nervously to see how the 2010
Winter Olympics in Vancouver
and Whistler affects winter sports
sales from the UK.
There has been some evidence that
hosting the games has had a negative impact
on the host destination’s visitor numbers
during Olympic year.
But tourism boards and ski operators are
cautiously optimistic that Canada will still
be an attractive proposition for skiers, partic-
ularly as the strong euro against the pound
may entice them to fly across the Atlantic.
Last year, Canada suffered following the
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collapse of Zoom Airlines before the
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But for this season most operators have
worldpic maintained capacity from last
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