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close to home.
The minister said it is exp-
ected that the number of
overseas visitors to this
province will again increase
as will their expenditures. .
"The skyrocketing cost of
travel overseas is causing
more and more Europeans to
look for more affordable
holiday destinations in other
parts of the world," the
minister added, "and Ontario
today is certainly one of
them."
Onatio Hydro' s staff increased
at an average annual rate of just
1.1 per cent during the years
between 1970 and 1974. Hydro's
capacity to provide electricity
and the electrical energy actually
delivered increased at an average
annual rate of more than seven
per cent during the same period.
SWISS CHOIR VISITS ZURICH - A touring group of
people from. Switzerland visited the Bluewater Rest Home
on Friday and thrilled those in attendance with their
outstanding voices. The choir comes from a tiny village in
Switzerland, called Lotzwill, and were part of a visiting
group of Swiss people who were attending a large Swiss
community picnic in the Mitchell area.
Tourism in
remains at
Despite a disturbed econ-
omy compounded by higher
gasoline prices both here and
in the U.S., Ontario tourism
could still hang in this year on
a travel spending par with
1974 which topped $2 billion.
An increase, however, is
unlikely for the first time in
many years.
This forecast was made by
Industry and Tourism Minist-
er Claude Bennett at a time
when world travel generally
is plagued by inflation and
restraints which are more and
more restricting extended
vacations to the wealthy
and the package tourist.
Drawing his findings from
a survey conducted in Canada,
the U.S. and overseas by the
ministry's tourism research
branch, the minister suggest-
ed that the number of U.S.
visitors may also hold this
year, a figure which in 1974
nudged 23 million, with nearly
one-third remaining for one
or more nights.
But Mr. Bennett is watching
gasoline prices both here
and in the U.S. with a concern-
ed eye for, he said, the recent
cost hikes --even without proj-
ected new ones --will have a
negative psychological effect
on tourism in Canada and,
therefore, Ontario which last
year exceeded its goal of 54
per cent of the American
market share by two per cent.
"Should this psychological
effect heighten," said the
Ontario
1974 level
minister, "it is possible that
many visitors will be less
likely to come by car and those
who do might be less inclined
to travel abut the province.
The minister said Ontario
may not see any growth in
total expenditure in this most
challenging of recent years,
adding that it would be an
achievement even to match
Last year.
"But how can we tell at
this early stage," he asked.
"We are receiving mixed
reports from across the prov-
ince and it still is premat-
ure to make a proper assess-
ment. I only know that our
travel inquiries are up sub-
stantially over last year and
that our travel literature is
rapidly being gobbled up --
one good omen in a tough
year."
Because of hard times in
the U.S., the minister said
a number of Americans may
not get to visit their favorite
Ontario holiday resorts this
year. "There are others
who appear to be reducing
their normal vacation time by
half with the intention of
resuming their regular
length of stay when the econ-
omy improves," said Mr.
Bennett. "In the meantime
Canadians are taking up
much of the slack."
At the same time, he noted,
Ontarians are doing more
in -province travelling and
finding new vacation areas
VILLAGE OF ZURICH
ZUQICH
Civic Holiday
I hereby declare Monday, August 4, 1975, as a
Civic Holiday in the Village of Zurich, and ask all
citizens to observe it as such.
FRED E. HABERER
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