Woman dies after being swept over Niagara Falls
From the Toronto Star:
Authorities say they’ve recovered the body of a woman who appeared to be swimming in the Niagara River before being swept over the brink of Niagara Falls.
Officials say tourists on the Canadian side of the river reported seeing the woman in the water above the falls around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Battle Ground Hotel offers taste of early tourism
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Access to mass transportation in the middle 1800s created new industries and introduced destinations such as Niagara Falls to the masses.
Railroad networks provided easier access to the wonders of North America and Niagara Falls was one of the major must see attractions, just as it is today.
At this time, people were also seeking out the historical points of interest in the region. Survivors from the War of 1812 could be found throughout the region, providing first hand accounts of the battles.
In Niagara Falls, competition for these tourists was fierce. The battleground at Lundy’s Lane is the highest point in the city, so it also provided one of the best views away from the Falls. To take advantage of that, inns and taverns opened up in the area based on the proximity to the battlefield and tourism promoters also created towers to overlook the battlefield and the surroundings.
Built in the 1820s, Adam Fralick modified his home and reopened it as the Battle Ground Hotel — a tavern and early tourist destination.
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‘It feels more like a park than a Parkway’
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The inaugural Car-Free Day on the Niagara Parkway wasn’t free of suggestions from both tourists and locals who want to see the event evolve from its humble beginnings Sunday.
“This is awesome,” said Mike Sherman, a cyclist from Montreal who was riding down the empty Parkway toward the Horseshoe Falls with fellow Montrealer Jen Zwarych.
“I think it’s great,” Zwarych said, adding it was their first time in Niagara Falls. “It’s a little empty though. We’ve never been here with the cars, but if the cars are louder than the falls it would definitely make it less cool.”
For the first time ever, the Niagara Parks Commission on Sunday shut down the Niagara Parkway to vehicle traffic, except the NPC’s people-mover buses.
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EASTER WEEKEND BODES WELL FOR 2011 NIAGARA FALLS TOURISM SEASON
From the Niagara Falls Reporter:
If Easter week is any sort of barometer, the 2011 tourism season is going to be an exceptionally good one for Niagara Falls. Tourists were out en masse, and even the reality of $4-per-gallon gas prices did not keep them from traveling to see the world’s most famous waterfall.
The Hilton Fallsview and Suites in Niagara Falls, Ont., was filled to capacity with guests representing states from all over the union, along with a number of European, South American and Middle Eastern countries.
No one seemed to be clutching their wallets too closely, as they freely spent on sightseeing, attractions, shopping and food. All of this came despite the fact that the area’s top attraction, the Maid of the Mist boat ride, was dry-docked due to unseasonably cold weather that caused a very late release of the Lake Erie ice boom.
The Cave of the Winds and the Journey Behind the Falls operated at diminished capacity. The Cave could only allow visitors a ride to the base of the American Falls, as their famed wooden decks have yet to be rebuilt for the season, while the Journey dealt with falling rock that closed their outside observation decks to visitors in the early part of last week.
With the dawn of another busy and profitable season upon us, it seems the proper time for a primer as to how all local residents can best be prepared to handle and augment the big tourism push that fuels the economy of our city and county.
Nothing frosts the hardworking people in the tourism sector of Niagara Falls, N.Y., more than when they hear tales from tourists that locals seem to go out of their way to send people across the border to Canada.
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People mover deal needs more time
From the Niagara Falls Review:
It will take at least two more meetings for the city and Niagara Parks Commission to work out a deal to jointly run a people mover bus system that will shuttle tourists among Niagara Falls attractions, commission chairwoman Fay Booker says.
“We have a draft agreement in front of us we’re working on,” Booker said Friday after meeting with Mayor Ted Salci.
They were trying to finalize an agreement in principle they reached in June to run a bus system on roads owned by the parks commission in Queen Victoria Park and on city-owned streets like Clifton Hill and Fallsview Boulevard.
“We’re really hoping by early August,” Booker said when asked how long it might take to finalize the rest of the details.
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Improving tourist signs in city becomes priority
From the Buffalo News:
The generations- old debate over the best use of street signs to direct tourists to local attractions may be nearing a settlement — but not quite yet.
City Council Chairman Sam Fruscione and Mayor Paul A. Dyster said they plan to discuss the issue during a private meeting today, and the mayor said the present street-direction signs “leave a lot to be desired, especially in the downtown area.”
Members of the Tourism Advisory Board, which makes recommendations to the City Council, agreed by consensus Monday that too many signs direct tourists toward the Rainbow Bridge to Canada instead of toward Niagara Falls State Park, Goat Island and local attractions. Fruscione said he would take the advisory board’s concerns to the mayor today.
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New Saturday rock concert series announced in Falls
From the Buffalo News:
The family-oriented free concerts on Saturday evenings in the former E. Dent Lackey Plaza are long gone, but downtown Niagara Falls soon will be rocking with a new Saturday night concert series that will be more upbeat and more modern and may appeal to a more diverse audience of active tourists and residents.
The Hard Rock Cafe announced Tuesday that it will sponsor six free outdoor concerts starting July 3 on Old Falls Street, adjacent to the cafe at 333 Prospect St. and across the street from the main entrance to Niagara Falls State Park.
Mayor Paul A. Dyster joined Hard Rock General Manager Dominic Verni in announcing that Canadian performer Gord Downie would headline the first concert at 6 p. m. July 3, with Independence Day fireworks to follow. “It will be truly an international celebration of the Independence Day weekend,” the mayor said.
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Bigger N.F., Ont. trolley planned
From Buffalo Business First:
An expanded Niagara Falls, Ont., people-mover system could be ready for tourists by next spring.
Niagara Falls Mayor Ted Salci said he is confident that a few remaining issues, mostly centered on financing the rubber-tired trolleys, can be worked out in the next few weeks with his own city council, as well as the Niagara Parks Commission. Agreements with both should be in hand within the next month.
If approved, 27 trolleys will run continuous loops from the Brock Monument near the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge to Rapidsview Parking Lot near Marineland amusement park. They would cover the nearly 10-mile-long loop during the peak tourism months – from late April through October – and then operate smaller routes during the winter months.
The trolleys would stop at virtually every major attraction and many hotels in Niagara Falls.
Read more: Bigger N.F., Ont. trolley planned – Business First of Buffalo
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Maids enjoy favourable reputation
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Maid of the Mist is seen as an important part of any visit to Niagara Falls, tourists respect the name, and any interruption in its service would “negatively impact” Niagara’s tourism industry, a survey commissioned by the historic boat tour company suggests.
The company hired Leger Marketing to survey 2,308 people on their impressions of Maid of the Mist, just as the Niagara Parks Commission is about to launch a government ordered competitive bidding process that could lead to a new company providing boat tours on the Niagara River.
But the survey results were dismissed as self-serving, unscientific and meaningless by representatives of other companies interested in landing the parks commission lease on the property needed to run a boat tour operation, as well as by critics of the long-standing relationship between Maid of the Mist and the Niagara Parks Commission.
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Travel Eazy: Niagara Falls
The Travel Eazy blog has posted about Niagara Falls:
Niagara Falls is a popular tourist site for over a century, and it is the second largest falls on the globe next to Victoria Falls in southern Africa. Niagara Falls attracts some 12 Million tourists to her majestic awesome beauty each year.
It is a place for being thrilled or soaked amid natural splendour.
The site looks like it has just grabbed content from elsewhere, but there is still some good (but basic) information.
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