2009-04-09
07:22:14
The Ontario Sunset Country Travel Association is bracing for a slow tourist season.
With North America experiencing a recession, the tourism group expects this summer's tourist season to be a bust. Executive Director Gerry Cariou says there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
"I think this is going to be the low of the low, "says Cariou, "in terms of the cycle of travellers to here because where the low of the recession, especially in our key market the United States. So were going to have to hang on this year, but I do expect things picking up next year."
Cariou says in 2010, the tourism industry will have to deal with the impact of the a 3 percent increase in taxes on accommodations resulting from the merger of the provincial sales tax and the federal goods and services tax.
