TED DAVIS
(Photo above: Grizzly bear from a bear-watching tour out of Farewell Harbour Lodge, part of the Great Bear Rainforest on Broughton Archipelago)
BC’s estimated 15,000 grizzlies can now, for the most part, wander the wilderness without fear of being felled by a hunter’s bullet. The law applies across the province with the exception of those areas that have been set aside for...
IAN STALKER
The Lake Tana area of Ethiopia has picture-perfect signs of early Christianity.
The area is home to several religious structures, among them the Ura Kidane Mihret Monastery famed for its interior walls of floor-to-ceiling, Christian images dating back to the religion’s earliest days.
The images adorn a circular interior wall and date back to the 16th century and enabled those...
MIKE DUNBAR
The Florida Keys & Key West ad, bearing the tagline “Bent, but not broken” speaks volumes about the can-do attitude in southernmost North America’s island chain.
And the body copy backs it up: “Here in the Florida Keys, we’re always in awe of the power and beauty of Mother Nature, but Hurricane Irma truly tested what we were made of. Thanks to the resilience of our...
ASHLEY ROCHEFORT
Troubling tales of unsafe shores and warnings to would-be travellers have been flooding recent newscasts about Cancun, Mexico. But on the ground, it’s a different story. The people are just as warm and welcoming as ever, the weather just as beautiful, food just as delicious, and resorts just as popular. In fact, hoteliers in Cancun are expecting record-breaking occupancy...
ERIC BARBER
(Photo above: Eric Barber)
New business disruptors such as Airbnb and Uber have been making headlines globally for a variety of reasons. The headlines are both positive and negative but they are most certainly prospering, and the sharing economy will be part of the business landscape for a long time to come.
Hoteliers have been quicker to react to the rise of Airbnb than our...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
(Photo above: courtesy Tourism Ireland)
As tourism to Ireland continues to boom, with the island nation reporting record-breaking results for the seventh straight year, the Canadian market is doing its part to contribute to the growth, joining the ranks as a top 10 feeder market for the destination.
“We’ve finalized figures, which show us breaking over the 200,000...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
Although the state of public emergency in St. James Parish of Jamaica, which includes the popular resort destination of Montego Bay, has been extended until May 2, many top-selling Jamaican specialists across Canada are reporting that it’s very much business as usual.
“I had a group stay in Runaway Bay who came back less than two weeks ago, and they had a fantastic time...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Guide Sebastian Cardenas points to a flower found in a lofty alpine setting in Ecuador’s Cajas National Park.)
Does Ecuador’s Cajas National Park serve as a natural medicine cabinet of sorts?
Sebastian Cardenas says that may well be the case.
Tourism guide Cardenas says the park – found a short distance from the Andean city of Cuenca – is host to a number...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Cuenca’s old quarter is a proud showcase for the city’s historical side.)
Sebastian Cardenas cites the number of Canadians living in his interior Ecuadorean city as proof it deserves to be on Canadian tourism itineraries.
Cuenca is home to a large number of Canadian and American expatriates, many of whom believe that the city’s pleasant climate makes it an...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
With a new cruise terminal slated to open this year, centennial festivities set for May, a record number of overnights and international arrivals in 2017, and ongoing improvements to much of the existing hotel stock, tourism officials are projecting another positive year for travel to Puerto Vallarta.
Speaking at the 24th edition of Gala Puerto Vallarta-Riviera Nayarit – an...
