New passport regulations, rising fuel costs and the increased strength of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar didn’t have much effect on the local tourism industry in 2005. Victoria managed to meet a 3% projected increase for the year bringing total tourism revenues to over $1.151 billion. In 2004, Victoria welcomed 3.65 million visitors to our city and 2005 numbers (although not available until mid-February) are projected to be even higher. Events such as the ...
::Full Story
