Page 18. The Herald. Tuesday November 13, 1979 Tourism changes due to gas price By TOM McDOUGALL HALIFAX (CP) — The North American tourist industry will never be the same again. The energy crisis and a barrage of other factors have started changing vacation habits. People are terrified of being stranded without gasoline and are pinching pennies because of inflation. Changing population trends are creating other modifications. But the effecta aren’t all bad for the tourist industry. Speakers at a major conference on tourism and the energy crisig here agreed that North Americans will never give up vacation tips — they will only change thelr travel methods and destinations, There should be a boom in some tourlsm sectors, but a decline in others, Some of the effects are al- ready well known, American tourlsta aren't venturing as much beyond their own borders, but neither are Canadiana so the two trends balance each other. Almost all the loss in border crossings has been in automobile traffic. Bus tours are up substantially, Several speakers, in- cluding U.8. consumer advocate Ralph Nader, predicted the demise of long- distance automobile vaca- tions. Small motels, roadside reataurants and other automobile-oriented . businesses would be victimes. So would ski resorts and sellers of ski equipment, one speaker sald, Gas prices will be less in- strumental in killing the long drive than the terror of being stranded without gas, speakers agreed. Drivers would also get fed up with the long-distance discomfort of the new, smaller cars, The age of gas-guzzling recreational vehicles is over almost as soon as it started, one speaker added. But others believed North Americans won't give up a tradition so firmly en- trenched, ; Dr. James MeNiven, executive vice-president of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, said the energy crisis’ " ~ May discourage -auto.. vacations for a while, but they will spring back in a few years just as they did after the 1078-74 oi] embargo. Even if gas prices doubled, a family of four could still drive cheaper than buying four tickets, he sald, adding that gasoline coats account for only a minor portion of the total coat of a vacation trip, He also noted a phenomenon of gas shor- tages: They can create a surplus in some areas. During the eastern United States gasoline crisls last year, he drove through New England, and although gas atation lineups were real in Pittsburgh thera were none in New Hampshire. Yet the fear of gasoline shortages was keeping people home, so New Hampshire service stations were anxious to sell, and the motels were offering bargain rates because their occu: panciea had dropped drasti- cally. There was agreement that North Americans are too fond of their cars to give them up entirely, even if they do stop driving long distances. Automobiles were by far the most convenlent way to travel, Several experts predicted that vacation drives would .temain popular, but people would shorten thelr range to the distance they can cover on one tankful of gas, The chief beneficiaries of a decline in automobile vacations will be long-haul airlines, bus lines and passenger-train services, in that order, said Tom Flet- cher, federal assiatant dep- uly minister in charge of tourism, People will rely in- creasingly on air travel for long distance, trains and ‘buses for medium distances and buses for medium and short distances. Analysts also believe that hicyeles and motorcycle In- dustries will benefit from the trend: os will video equip- ment and cable television; local amusements, par- ticularly bowling alleys; and resorts auch as Disneyland and Atlantic City that are near population centres, Car-rental executives said they will thrive on energy shortages. The bua Industry, after declining since 1966, is making a dramatic comeback, Greyhound Lines has increased ita business by 15-20 per cent since the U.S. gasoline shortage. Buses are more flexible than airlines or trains, Fletcher said; They can reach smaller communities and rural recreation areas that are inaccessible to the other two modes. And the help the small motel, which can accommodate a 40- ssenger bus towr but can't andle an airliner's 200 passengers even if it is near an airport destination. Twenty charged | in combines case EDMONTON (CP) — The federal justice department has charged 20 companies operating in Alberta, in- cluding Canadian National Railways, with conspiracy to lesson competition by fixing freight tariff rates. The companies and 11 individuals are charged with conspiring and agreeing to lessen competition unduly in shipping general mer- chandise in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from Dee. 1, 1960 to Nov. 4, 1979. A provinclal court hearing has been set in Edmonton an. 9. George Orr, service branch director for the bureau of competition policy with the consumer and corporate afisirs de- partment, declined to say how much money was in- volved in the shipping practices that cover the last 19 year, “T can't discuss the specifics, but the matter has been Investigated for more than a year. It's a matter of considerable size.” William Sokil, president of the Alberta Trucking Association, said the com- panies have, in effect, been charged with having an Informal tariff board which seta fee schedules for shipping. Althoug rta doesn’t have a formal board,, other provinces do. C. D. Radke, chairman of the Alberta Motor Transport Board, said there Is no regulation on shipping rates in Alberta, In some Eastern provinces, rates have to be approved by the provincial governments, The companies charged are Alltrans Express Ltd., Atomic Interprovincial Transportation Systems Ltd., Atomic Transfer Ltd., B-Line Express Ltd, Ca- nadian Freightways Ltd., Canadian National Railways Co., Canadian National Transportation Ltd., Canadian Pacific Transport Co, Ltd, Inter-City Truck Lines (Canada) Ine., Kingsway Freightlines Lid,, Kingsway Freightlines (Saskatchewan) — Ltd., Midland Superior Express Ltd., Millar and Brown Ltd., Millar and Brown Freight Lines (Alberta) Ltd., Porter Trucking Litd., Relmer Express Lines Lid., Relmer Express (Pacific) Ltd., Reimer Express (Western) Ltd., Soo Security Motor- ways Ltd., and Western Transportation Association. The individuals charged _. are: Arthur W. Beattie, Alltrans Express; George H. 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