i organized a Familiarization Trip for the Canadian Institute of Travel Counselors. - Travel Agents. Nothing but travel agents. The very people that will help sell us to clients, direct link to revenue.
Great trip, it would have cost them almost nothing once they were here.
We had dozens apply to come.
only THREE (3) are coming.
These are travel agents remember...and only THREE are coming. The rest backed out due to one and only one thing: AIR FARE
If travel agents cant manage to find a reasonable price to get here, and when they are here were only spending a tiny fraction of what a traditional tourist would pay, and we could only get THREE, how can we expect to grow tourism?
Spoke to BTB..."we know" is the response. I'm not sure what needs done here...but something does.