tincan
Well-Known Member
one more thing, walleyes, some of the undertones of your post seem like threats, dont even try and threaten me or anyone on this forum or in the hositality or fishing industry okay..
The hositality industry lol,,,,genius..
Don't threaten you why,, what you going to do,, shut down a lodge ooooohhhh now what.. And make no mistake about it,, the majority of the tourist money in your province comes from AB the vast majority of it. Keep pissin on the source boys,, keep pissin on the source.. Its all fine and dandy to threaten someone else's livelihood eh just as long as its not yours..
Don't worry boys,, the pipeline "WILL" get built,, we will make a ton on it and heck we may even throw a few crumbs your way in the meantime lol..
walleyes, Can you please explain the slight difference in your comments and this report from Stats Canada:
Here is a link to the full report - http://www.jti.gov.bc.ca/research/IndustryPerformance/pdfs/Value_ of_ Tourism_ 2011.sflb.pdf
Here is an excerpt that shows you clearly have ZERO clue what you are talking about. I don't think to call people names or call them out but when you are this off-base I felt it my responsibility in order to keep the integrity of this forum to a moderate level.
Overall visitor volume
In 2009, there were almost 15 million overnight visitors in BC, a slight increase of 2% over 2008.16 About half of the visitors were BC residents (Figure 26). Visitors from other parts of Canada accounted for 20%, while international visitors accounted for the remaining 28% of overall visitor volume. However, international visitors accounted for nearly 40% of visitor expenditures, while Canadian and BC residents each accounted for about 30%.
Domestic market
Visitors from Canada accounted for nearly 11 million travellers in 2009, about a 7% increase from 2008. Of travellers from Canada, BC residents made up the largest share of visitor volume (72%) and expenditures (53%) in 2009 (Figure 27). Alberta was the second largest domestic market of overnight visitors to BC, representing one-fifth of the Canadian visitor volume and 27% of expenditures. Overall, visitors from Canada spent about 2% less in 2009 than in 2008.
To save you time with the math: On 2009 Expenditures of $7.8B, All of Canada (other than BC) accounted for 29% of that $7.8B (around $2.26B), of which Alberta was responsible for about half of, say $1.13B, aka 14.5% of total tourism dollars in BC. Nothing to scoff at but by definition 'majority' means more than 50% and 'vast majority', as you stated, surely means more than that. Looking forward to a response.