The city toughs out a rough tourism year

Inspite of a poor economy the city's Tourism Manager is satisfied with 2009. In his annual report to city councillors Paul Pepe says the tourism economy showed remarkable resilience to the conditions that were present right across North America. While there were tourism decreases Pepe says they were modest. He adds there were bright spots like an increase in U.S. travel to the city over the summer. Overall there were 419 thousand visitors to the city last year who spent 71 million dollars.