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Originally Posted by Andy6
The obvious solution would be to forbid Manitobans from doing anything touristy within the province. Then U.S. travellers would jump from 4% to 26% of our tourist visits and other Canadians would be an amazing 67%! The tourism industry would be saved.
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Tourists from within Manitoba are very important to the industry but they do not bring new dollars into the province. Manitoba has a number of amazing attractions that are not promoted, or more importantly not built to a standard that would encourage visitors to want to spend money to travel there. Take Grand Beach for example, arguably the best beach within hundreds of miles, but water quality is a problem and accommodations and food and beverage options are lacking to say the least. Potential lost.
Would help too if the people here didn't have broomsticks up their backsides and bemoan anyone having a good time. The way the whiteout street party was ruined with ticketing and admission to public streets was shameful. Winnipeg should have an area like the French Quarter, the Tampa Riverwalk or Beale Street in Memphis where people can enjoy themselves and walk around with a beer or a cocktail, as long as it's not in a glass container. No, it's not utter mayhem, it's fun! Canada has a reputation abroad of being a boring country and that the only "fun" city is Montreal. Let's change that.
Not suggesting that this province will ever compete with B.C. in terms of natural attractions, but there are more than ten million people within a ten hour drive of southern Manitoba, many of whom are completely unaware that this province exists.