Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 29, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 2000 local a13 visitors to Canada break record in second Quarter by Bud Robertson London forget Halifax and Regina Are the places to International travellers made a record number of overnight vis its to Canada during the second Quarter of Between april and million tourists unloaded their baggage in Cana the highest second Quarter number in the 26 years that International travel data has been statistics Canada reported seventy seven per cent of or about four million hopped across the Border from the United setting a new record for second Quarter results from that the True North also appealed to million overseas a per cent jump from the second Quarter of it was the sixth consecutive quarterly with travellers from Europe and Asia spurring much of the statistics Canada the number of visitors from Europe Rose per cent and the number from Asia Rose per Laurie a statistics Canada credits a Strong american Economy and the Exchange rate on the Canadian Dollar for much of the inter est from american its been building Over Mcdougall said of the increase in overnight travel to she said some such As have even added additional flights to destinations such As visitors to Winnipeg spend Mil lion a year on such things As hotel meals and its a huge Industry that supports about said Penny Mcmil president and chief executive offi cer for tourism she said june is a popular month for Many american families to their children get out of school for the sum Mer earlier than Canadian Manitoba and Saskatchewan saw a per cent increase in the number of american visitors during the second most of them out to enjoy a Northern Atlantic Canada and Quebec enjoyed increases of six per cent and per there was no change in the number of american visitors to and Alberta had a two per cent statistics Canada noted air travel to Canada has consistently grown faster than car especially since the sign ing of the open skies agreement Between Canada and the in the increase in visitors from Asia was the result of a 52 per cent Rise in the number of tourists from South Korea and a per cent Rise in the number from Hong the number of visitors from the United Canadas largest overseas grew by per cent in the Sec Ond Quarter to this followed a nearly eight per cent increase in the first Quarter of on the flip canadians made million overnight trips to the in the second per cent More than during the same period last canadians also made More than one million trips to overseas destinations in the second up More than 10 per cent from the second Quarter of no end in sight to school bus strikes by Nick Martin theres no end in sight to school bus strikes in River East and Transcona Springfield school but All the players agreed yesterday its too Early to ask the doer government to try to mediate a but there could come a time that education minister Drew Caldwell or labour minister Becky Barrett May have to try to bring the sides River East superintendent John car Lyle said As time goes the notion of mediation might be its prob ably a bit too soon for said car River East bus Drivers walked out and Transcona Springfield Drivers last in both the factions Are entrenched Over the Divi Sions insistence that workers agree to allow any Job left vacant by retire ment or resignation to be contracted the question has been what about government we do realize peo ple Are getting quite River East Board chair Gail Scheer Scheer said River East asked the Canadian Union of Public employees this week to reconsider the unions ear Lier refusal to drive about 40 special needs but cupe again cupe spokesman Mark Kernaghan said talks briefly resumed last but broke off the Union is waiting for the division to Budge on contracting he in strikers have offered to drive 31 children in buses equipped for said Don Keith of the United food and commercial we agreed to drive the special needs children if they agreed not to 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