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[Mike K.]

I hope it ends up being that way, for the sake of the businesses downtown.

[Hotel Mike]

By "banner", I mean there will be solid, strong demand for businesses that work in tourism. That includes downtown restaurants, whale watching, Harbour Ferry, tour buses, hotels etc. I have met quite a few Americans here so far this year, but even if they end up down in numbers, I believe there will be more Canadians and Europeans to make up for it. 

[Mike K.]

Calgary targets Americans, and gets American visitors.

The rest of us just gave up, I guess.

"We take a 'Team Alberta' approach … between Tourism Calgary and Travel Alberta," she said. "We've made a concerted effort through all this noise to target U.S. travelers to reinforce our city and our province as destinations of choice for both business and leisure."

- https://www.cbc.ca/n...banff-1.7568793

[Bambam]

Calgary targets Americans, and gets American visitors.

The rest of us just gave up, I guess.



- https://www.cbc.ca/n...banff-1.7568793

 

Not surprising many Albertans - not all by any means, but a significant proportion - have warm fuzzy dreams about "Murrica' generally, becoming Murrican's or potentially joining Murrica in some form of political union. Groups like the Alberta Black Hat movement practically drool over the latter prospect.

 

More to the point however Tourism Alberta advertises heavily in the US and particularly in 'high value' traveler markets like New York, California and, to absolutely no one's surprise, Texas. Ergo lots of US tourists heed the call which is not hard to understand given the allure of the Canadian Rockies etc.

 

I spent a lot of time for work in Alberta specifically in Calgary and Airdrie between 2011-15, and was party to many very frank and open conversations with corporate clients and others in the CattleBaron's steakhouse and the Ranchman's Club re Canada - "Commie Liberals" - BC - "tree hugging dope fiends" - and the US - "where we should be!". Which is not to say the majority of Alberta residents harbour those sentiments, but a significant percentage of the population leans in one or more of those directions, so it should be no surprise Alberta actively caters to US tourists, who they typically view as far more culturally alike than the 'Eastern Canadian elites' or 'Left Coast eco-justice warriors.....'

[LJ]

I must say, I align politically and economically much more with Alberta than I do with BC or the eastern dickheads. If it wasn't for the climate and my wifes objections I would probably be living in Calgary right now.

[Mike K.]

"Commie Liberals" - BC - "tree hugging dope fiends" - and the US - "where we should be!"

They turned out to be pretty spot on, minus the commie bit, but I suppose that was in jest, and more about how even Conservatives are more left than the Democrats outside of some of the more fringe ones?