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County tourism study encourages
BY BILL _HENRY
A,new study ,of iouritswitalwan
is i _:coaperatire-nitherthan
competitior - :sand
munities providing tou :vices.
udy,com-
which begtuai
September, expects to _survey_ per cent
or Imre of the 1,000 Buren -County
•.ivies which .cater to -Intiristsliere,
says Jason Chu, a :county-phumerwhois
ioordinatin f; the project.
Basic information :about the
location and -ownership, tours, and
ser-
-vice offered .are ,being stored in acom-
puter :database which wall :eventually . be
used for eaunty*wide :promotional
materials. ,Atthe same time, -the-study is
=Eating opinions the people rifer-
the ::�serr�vi}c..e.s....ou iiowthe
c training best market 'touri n, and what train ng
:is°: eeeded.
So far, most agree that tourism
marketing roust be . cooperative. "They
also -:agree ttpenpde w.arking in tourism
seerlspecirdizeteibecomemore
familiar with what the whole countij
offers.
Pease two of the study, expeetedto; et
ung -early zest year,l stake a
similar look at tourist attractions
thr,o_uwg-h•^oflut Buren Comity. .
Annual , festivals, celebrations,
fairs And so on wiltbe.,siarlyZnalz-
aed.and liste&hLL ts: sthe e.h
Bean , Festival, Clinton's ISImnpeifest,
Goderich'-s Canada Day relelrationa and
others would be in that study.
GIME TOME 7,711413SHIED
The third, or organiz " phrase of
the study :would vrolitdalyd :to a
:publication before gist season
Of A:guide-listing all lusineases nd at-
tradtionsinthe.caeu ,shMar .: 3dacu-
ntrompiledseal years BQ. listing
:a9l1. of :Hiurott'ssociaL.,:,serviees.
e it's surly in the inv,
thu says ideiilly the ptdliication 1id
Alike a blanket ..tppataeh :w� •�� _ .
Immo, :atdels►s toy Irani
of rnarketing.att feelsis needed.
`Themoat ideal aase is -to incoporate
thetourism support eivices and:heed
tactioisinto one;pllblication "says Chu.
'With aldasters cdegleein` giona Man -
1
nim ma Resource -DevelfpMer►t, Out
was tired -by the =nom in .SePteather.1o,
terANUS) . coordinate the =' .
-year tourism ,strategy.
We're trying to .-,aad t a sustainable
.d+evel t approach to tou ria u pr
F�incjacies fro'
vginf i istnayd focus
for .s rua=grams -within
ty
which inay be :eared Abe 'same
Wit.
i€e're trying to 7ptd1 people, together
wwith the same -or ; similar interests to
mate rather than r each
other. Cooperation is -rem the theme'
says Chu.
The information now teirm
for the =eon's :data _base ldlaliso
enable individual sectersAnzlevelep'. r
o n promotional brochures or ;"booklets,
he adds.
AMMON :lit,. `
This study jfollowsanc=earlier: Study.of
Buron"sattitudes towardstourisinWhich
isregarded .as:'the: t :thorough sf.its
••kiind -ever .:conducted in North America.
That study, _conducted by University of
Waterloo doctoral student David Sim-
nlons, - learned that sumo residents .are
accepting r: of ;tourism.,
.Simmons study :.also found that the
•agricultural -sector, in:particular -looks to
lonrieun'for , -fit to.supple-
meat farm:income.
hu .says the `two studies ~fallowing ,so
!closely bas led to confusion, Wince some
AV -the _same people are tehtgAiurvvyed.
-Be :-says tine' first ,study -was:in
-that it looked mat:_:broad stir; s
-related to tourism, while the enrrentraie
is much more ::specific
"We're -trying to see what busiSeasyeo-
: e -w ntIn.mss" f #lon>Gdmmt:=prn notion:"
`Int o : the ::mss, •.Huron
`EnuntYss Manning Mal .,Development
gliastakerl,; her eps.`to up -
Atom' Mier`the..co ty s
maordinatedso gip peke
uz Li: di
lecomelantuliar mdfli::what:elseBaron of-
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BUM :is tett* ,,lteirarabled to define
Strategielourism lieVelopment goals.
-Celled Abe`Tourism PrornOtiOlud.Ad
visory Verantittee, the volunteer group
would gist of met or ten unpaid
members, and wouldfunction without .a
budget. 4would be no money, no
imports and no <expenses "
.. But it would help.pinpoint a marketing
;strategy based on :.cooperation within the
eount3"•
Dia .said two tentative: goals Souk' see
mussgroup identifying .:main tourism
themes as well as encouraging a
drily Bch of selling Huron at -
..and services.
e . iwd he expects "Tourl'A£
et y ict tiler .faction group pro-
ming..ecific themes.
7Thexttrrerttliusiness surveys are .being
otrind& largely in -persc" by three
i'itemearthers:1 r .; ander the federal
government'semployment pro -
..gram. 'the Ailis ,develop/tett rogram
fifers irainingin omputer lase and other
research techniqueS.
In all, Chu said, the federal gratit is
about 41001 towards :Ithase One of Lthe
project, Which inclatiesrOMputer regal,
.travel' -costs, printing and other .related
-mpeases infer 14 Weeks'utng ;is
fight for the seed .and third �f
the study.
TWO-YEAR COVIIRICT
Since Chu himself c s :hired on ,a two-
year contract under a provincial
*unieipal internship 'Program grant
Which pays for training for Yntlnlcipal
professionals, the cotaty is paying no
direct cost : to .assemble the tourism
hiformation..
As well as :encouraging cooperation bet-
ween
eetween businesses, Chu says the comity
program also puts :communities in con-
tact to ..are lesources and .develop .coor-
dinated marketing strategies.
Yesterday, he met with the Vsodelich
Tourism C cmmiittee to obtiine the `:basis
of the current research dthe;evected
Tew' in my Her+'V
.duke -.Carter
the sky was filled with
but now its filled with bombs,
I (dream ,of _peace „Eke me ver before,
thesstartic ptympent e door.
y 'lid me in •ihe.y,
then
anted altiss lawn -my head.
If some ,g itappens to me,
i-nimeniher What TrJve rtold you,
fry :to ;make the -world a -better-place.
:1 may raatbomith you,
bit ;your lead whispers tr
tele* :Nut ;neer :,...
.onto -my head,
She over :me up with :bundles Of hay,
lust I atfore the soldiers paned her .away.
I'd Eke to tear this ld:apart,
especially the .people ,who .:killed •amy
mother.
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1 recall lity ms's words,
the .cry Within :her voice.
ty mother was a lighter,
but :wasn't there anythinf, 1 could do,
bit then :again I was .(oly four,
but mow I'm four
and there's something 1ran do.
I can try to lap peace,
at east starthtg with family .and friends
and ending..we the world.
T sileyttlished away -my tears
but one tear ems to :.he frozen
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The .first place essay in Lucknow
Legion Essay, ?Dem and •.Poster com-
petilion this year was written .tor 12,year
O d, Julie Vatter of B. 3, Bolyrood. Jane
is a grade seven met at Lucknow Ven-
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