Flies were not a bother while walking in the hills yesterday. Can’t say the same for the grit and sand, coped a face full, I am still regurgitating same this morning. Winds were not that high, 50 KPH and constant.
One of my faithful readers from down south took pity on me after reading the potato gripe. She arrived in Nain [for the Language conference] and called to say she had brought some spuds for me, nice to have people worry about you.
Wally has another good point [continuing] about the way the province treats Labrador in tourism promotion.
This neglect was highlighted in a story on CBC the last two days. The Lab West Tourism Association has not been able to open its tourism booth this year. Lack of funds [they receive 5 grand from government] and not being able to compete with other higher paying employers has left a big gape in the dissemination of information to tourist.
This morning Cindy Lyall interviewed the minister for tourism Clyde Jackman. When asked why there are no provincialy run tourism information booths in Labrador [there are many on the Island] Clyde went on ad nausea about this and that but did not answer the question. By the time Clyde confers with his staff and does a few studies the tourism season will be well and over for this year, then a repeat next year perhaps. Lab West is an entry point into the province not just Labrador, to not have at least two provincial information centers [the other in the Straights] in Labrador seems criminal to me.
Clyde suggested that many people do their research electronically before departing on their trip this day and age by visiting the government tourism site. Well there is not much there about Labrador, and why do I keep getting people asking me questions on the best way to get here and about booking trips.
It should not be the responsibility of a regional group to promote the Province; it should be up to the provincial Government.
3 comments:
Glad you got some spuds finally, I hope you really enjoy them!
I'm sure the provincial mandarins in the tourism department are just all around useless. That picture Wally posted of their website was a riot. And no tourism booth in Labrador? What frigging year is it? Last week on eBay there was a decorated plate for sale showing scenes of iceburgs, kayaks, birds from a tourist trip to the North Coast in the summer of 1938. Tourists have been coming in an increasing trickle for more than 50 years and these guys still can't bother to promote it?
Yes indeed Brookie, useless indeed. Now with the formation of Tourism Nunatsiavut you have one more player at the table to pass the buck to, that is exacerbating the promotion at moment. Plus there is some what of a closed shop mentality that people have to get over.
The trickle is only a drip vis a vis the Ranger, four trips now and at most a hand full, this last trip some fingers short on the hand.
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