I would not be surprised if this passes, It is being sold as a Covid recovery measure. The tempoarart measure passed 100 to nothing.
[Marine] Victoria cruise ship industry | Breakwater District/Ogden Point | News / issues
#2641
Posted 11 June 2021 - 08:43 PM
#2642
Posted 11 June 2021 - 08:45 PM
Maybe we can rename Ogden Point the Broken District instead of Breakwater.
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#2643
Posted 11 June 2021 - 09:34 PM
Maybe we can rename Ogden Point the Broken District instead of Breakwater.
Great spot for some condos!
Matt.
#2644
Posted 12 June 2021 - 04:53 AM
so let me get this right. cruise ships have been coming here for decades.
and we do not do an annual survey of say 500 or 1000 random tourists downtown and ask them as one question, what brought you here?
A harbour authority passenger survey in 2015 found more than 60 per cent of cruise passengers planned to return to Victoria.
“I understand there are some businesses that question the value of cruise, but I think that takes a narrow view,” said Robertson. “There is significant benefit and they do spend significant time in town.”
Robertson admitted there is little hard data on just how many did actually return to Victoria, but he said there is plenty of anecdotal evidence among business owners in the city.
Nursey said given the state of tourism, this is no time to be turning away an important slice of the market.
“Signals from our top political leaders mean a lot,” he said. “We are looking for some action from our federal leaders and some positive signals from our provincial leaders. If they choose not to send those signals there likely will be consequences.”
https://www.timescol...-ban-1.24329819
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 June 2021 - 04:54 AM.
#2645
Posted 12 June 2021 - 08:01 AM
Trudeau is killing Alberta energy. What’s to stop him from telling BC to ‘find another way’ (a favourite modern term) to bring in tourism dollars? And tourism doesn’t really jive with a climate crisis in the first place.
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#2646
Posted 12 June 2021 - 08:05 AM
#2647
Posted 12 June 2021 - 08:15 AM
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#2648
Posted 12 June 2021 - 03:51 PM
Robertson admitted there is little hard data on just how many did actually return to Victoria, but he said there is plenty of anecdotal evidence among business owners in the city.
I have been on an Alaskan cruise and have never returned to one of the ports we visited.
#2649
Posted 12 June 2021 - 04:03 PM
I have been on Mexican cruises and have returned several times to the ports I visited for extended vacations.
#2650
Posted 12 June 2021 - 04:53 PM
The survey is from 2015. Victoria has changed a lot since. I wonder what a 2019 survey would have found.so let me get this right. cruise ships have been coming here for decades.
and we do not do an annual survey of say 500 or 1000 random tourists downtown and ask them as one question, what brought you here?
A harbour authority passenger survey in 2015 found more than 60 per cent of cruise passengers planned to return to Victoria.
“I understand there are some businesses that question the value of cruise, but I think that takes a narrow view,” said Robertson. “There is significant benefit and they do spend significant time in town.”
Robertson admitted there is little hard data on just how many did actually return to Victoria, but he said there is plenty of anecdotal evidence among business owners in the city.
Nursey said given the state of tourism, this is no time to be turning away an important slice of the market.
“Signals from our top political leaders mean a lot,” he said. “We are looking for some action from our federal leaders and some positive signals from our provincial leaders. If they choose not to send those signals there likely will be consequences.”
https://www.timescol...-ban-1.24329819
#2651
Posted 12 June 2021 - 08:21 PM
The survey is from 2015. Victoria has changed a lot since. I wonder what a 2019 survey would have found.
#shithole
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#2653
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:05 PM
Harbour authority CEO Ian Robertson has asked the federal body to end that suspension this fall to allow B.C.’s $2.6-billion cruise industry to gear up for a return in 2022, while adhering to Public Health Safety of Canada measures.
A temporary exemption to the US Passenger Vessel Services Act, signed in May, permits cruise ships to bypass Canada for 2021, but if made permanent would decimate the industry, the harbour authority states.
https://www.vicnews....tops-in-canada/
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 June 2021 - 03:05 PM.
#2654
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:10 PM
My guess is that we would lose about 90% of the cruise ships. Perhaps a go cart track on the docks of Ogden point might be a great alternative.
#2655
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:11 PM
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 June 2021 - 03:12 PM.
#2656
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:12 PM
To generate shore power for the go carts?
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#2657
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:13 PM
we could get that submarine to break the ice and bring in freighters from Sweden direct through the northwest passage to Ogden point.
I trust we upgraded the hull to bust up ice? Or installed a laser to do the same? we must have done something serious for it to take a decade.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 June 2021 - 03:18 PM.
#2658
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:19 PM
My guess is that we would lose about 90% of the cruise ships. Perhaps a go cart track on the docks of Ogden point might be a great alternative.
New location for Western Speedway.
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#2659
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:21 PM
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#2660
Posted 14 June 2021 - 03:22 PM
New location for Western Speedway.
That would be a great weekend draw for the new colwood ferry.
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