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How to help Canadian tourism
Calgary Herald, August 23, 2010; reprinted in Vancouver Sun, August 25, 2010
While [ADS] is a victory, Canada has miles to go, and must deal with policies and attitudes still firmly stuck in the past. Gone are the days of a Canadian dollar valued at 65 cents U.S., yet we still rely heavily on U.S. tourists to fuel our $70-billion tourism industry. (read full editorial)
Alberta tourism sector feels wrongly targeted in anti-oil sands ads
Calgary Herald, August 23, 2010
New ads that call Alberta's oilsands an environmental disaster wrongly target the province's tourism sector, says that industry's national lobby group. (read full article)
B.C. ready to welcome more Chinese tourists
Canoe.ca Travel, August 19, 2010
“Hopefully there will be thousands [of tourists] by the time we get to the Christmas break and thousands more in the spring,” Goldstein said. “We know it’s going to be a great stimulating effect. We have vibrant, cosmopolitan, safe cities where there’s already a great Chinese community so they get a little taste of home.”
Canada, China ink trade deals
David Akin, Toronto Sun, June 24, 2010
Chinese President Hu Jintao wrapped up a day-long state visit to the nation’s capital Thursday by inking new trade deals that will let Chinese tourists come to Canada and see Canadian beef in China.“This is a great day for tourism in Canada, and a great day for travellers from China,” said David Goldstein, president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada. (read full article)
Vacationing in Canada
Radio interview with Steve Madely, Madely in the Morning, CFRA (Ottawa), Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Steve Madely is joined by David Goldstein, President and Chief Executive Office, Tourism Industry Association of Canada. (click here to download .mp3)
China Declares Canada an Approved Destination
Radio interview with Greg Hebert, Business @ Night, CFRA (Ottawa), Friday, June 25, 2010
Radio host
Greg Hebert chats with David Goldstein, President and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada about China's declaration that Canada is an approved tourism destination and what it will mean for Canada (click here to download .mp3)
Destination North (Television Interview)
Television Interview with Andrea Mandel-Campbell and Rudyard Griffiths, SqueezePlay, (Broadcast News Network), Thursday, June 17, 2010
More and more Canadians are traveling abroad, fueling a growing travel deficit. That deficit's being exacerbated by Canada's declining status as a global travel destination. Why is the Great White North getting the cold shoulder? David Goldstein, president and CEO, Tourism Industry Association of Canada, looks at the trend. (click here to view on BNN Website)
Falling International Tourism Numbers for Canada
Radio interview with Steve Madely, Madely in the Morning, CFRA (Ottawa), Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Radio host Steve Madely chats with David Goldstein, President and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada about increasing international visitation. (click here to download .mp3)
David Goldstein on /A\ Morning Ottawa
Television Interview with Lianne Laing, /A\ Morning (Ottawa), Wednesday, June 9, 2010
/A\ Morning's Lianne Laing talks tourism with David Goldstein, President & CEO of the Tourism Assoc. of Canada, as we head into the busy summer season. (click here to view on YouTube)
Selling Canada
The Ottawa Citizen, June 8, 2010
The summer season is approaching, and millions of vacationers from around the world are about to pile into planes in search of that perfect holiday. Unfortunately, many of them will head to places other than Canada. (read full article)
Canada needs new sales job
Winnipeg Free Press, May 12, 2010
Canada is falling behind in the competition to exploit one of the world's fastest growing industries -- tourism. The sector was worth US$1.1 trillion in 2008, just behind fuels, chemicals and automotive products as an export category. At stake is a product that today is worth $71 billion to Canadian businesses and some 750,000 direct jobs, but Canada's relative position in the world could continue to decline if it doesn't respond with a more forceful and coherent tourism strategy. (read full article)
Travel Industry About to Heat Up
Winnipeg Free Press, May 12, 2010
David Goldstein, president and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, said Canada is losing its competitive edge. "Other sectors have done a better job articulating their benefits to the economy," he said.
For instance, the $71-billion Canadian tourism industry is as big as fisheries, forestry and agriculture combined.
And since the tourism industry depends so much on public sector infrastructure -- like national parks and transportation infrastructure to move tourists around -- public sector funding is required to make it work. (read full article)
Visitors have to be able get here for tourism to succeed, says official
The Telegraph-Journal, April 28, 2010
New head of national association lauds province's steps to improve roads, ports and airports to support industry plans. David Goldstein, the new president of the national private-sector tourism group, says New Brunswick is the "tourism success story" of the country. He said a continued emphasis on expanding and improving the roads, ports and airports in the province will augment a tourism model that he says should be adopted across Canada. (read full article) |
