Out & About Cruise ship traffic here SOME CRUISE SHIP passengers docking —_in Prince Rupert this summer will also be visiting Terrace. The Norwegian Wind wilt dock at Prince Rupert's ‘newly built Atlin terminal by touristy Cow Bay on May 4, said Prince Rupert Port Corp. CEO Don Krusel. The 1,800 passengers and 640 crew will be in Rupert from noon to 8 p.m, and 180 of them will take the train to Terrace and back. Kruse] said Terrace Tourism Council’s Maria McGowan is coordinating plans to welcome the cruise passengers in Terrace. _ “We think this is some- thing very unique that only one other Alaskan port of call can offer,’’ Krusel said of the train ride. “The run between Prince Rupert and Terrace is some of the most © dramatic scenery in the ‘world,’ he said. “We think this could be developed into a real drawing card. that could benefit the entire region.’? Indeed, Krusel hopes the crise ship’s visit will be just the start of more to come. He said Norwegian Cruise Lines is making test calls on Prince Rupert this year and if they like what they see, they and other Alaskan cruise lines will likely came back the follow- ing season. If Norwegian made 20 calls in Rupert in 2000, he noted, that would pour 34,000 tourists onto the north coast. weekly stop in Rupert by pocket cruise. ships owned by American Safari Cruises. About 80 passengers a week from those cruises will be flown to Smithers and then will take the train back to Prince Rupert, “We believe that over the coming years we will win more and more traffic to Prince Rupert” Krusel added, He said Ketchikan, Alaska last year handled 400,000 cruise passengers in four months, “This whole Alaska cruise marketplace is grow- ing at 8-14 per cent annual- ly,” he said. ‘We still haven’t reached saturation point yet.” And he noted the low Ca- nadian dollar should give U.S. cruise passengers who stop here incredible value for their money. Co-op still for sale TERRACE Co-op direc: tors are once again cnter-. taining any and all proposals to buy the cooperative’s main building and property. on Greig Ave. A proposed sale to local businessman Mo Takhar and two undisclosed part- ners fell through last week alter the trio failed to come up with ihe money. ‘We're back to square. one,’ said Co-op president Sandy Sandhals, ‘‘There’s others interested but na fur- ther firm offers,’* The property remains listed with realtors at $1. 6 million. Sandhals confirmed the City of Terrace had also contemplated buying the property. He said the city apparently considered moving municipal buildings © there but backed off after dis- covering the city ball land.‘ must always be used for city - hall purposes or else it’s for- feited back to the family that donated it. When you'can't breathe, ‘nothing else matters . BRITISH COLUMBIA LUNG ASSOCTATION 731-LUNG of 2004086-LUNG - TERRACE STANDARD | Business REvIEw The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 31, 1999 - A9 Shane Nyt PH aes 2 ee IPAEHE Ree cre b ae pba, woes Gy as wendy a Mtb et vabe ie ee, Sox wha hacen tht with wheather’ 6 00 at ators int'é rive ote pied: st aibniecie Phar aectergen, pearteg 08 WARE Che A hate atthe ARSE pt See Kiaen Ria R ac Lamar OD Fred Hae HER apa Side oF Be bond He toa ARES SS PECs AL mde the be rh asek vite AR Renta et 8 Herd, Beet at fateh poling tl porte ang Ft aE a pe: at RBA dias arta ar ipia tebe d Tht 0 ata, Tn opto sate ona WIR Tascdis % eerren “wetere Bimota Tet cede pe Foca ghe't, 1 iy dde VARS Mp A AaB PREM Ro IRE Gee Ads Titthes Bag ae MA ha do ne May recent Php SANE esier 3 TERRACE has its own spot now to attract tourists on the world wide web. A slick new web site — www, terracetourism.be.ca — was unveiled last week by the Terrace Tourism Council that its architects hope will get an internation- al draw, A Visit to the site pops up everything from places to stay, details on where to go hiking, to weather statistics so a traveller knows what type of weather to expect for the month they’re visit- ing. ; Bruce Martindale, of Web North Marketing and De- sign, says that’s just the be- ginning and the site has the potential to expand to much We're now on line with terracetourism.bc.ca more than information for tourists, He said it’s could become a site for parks and recrea- tion information, activities aid local events, and enter- tainment listings. : The power behind the site is its use of a database, Users select their interests, the time period they want and then use a search engine to gel customized lists of ac- | tivities and things ta do in the region. “‘As far as we know no one else in B.C. is doing anything similar to: this,’ Martindale said. Some 300 entries are re- corded on the datebase, and Martindale said: casily grow to 1,000. . a5 we want.”’ it.. could - “Another couple hundred listings over the next couple of months would be great,” he said. “This can get as big There’s a big incentive for businesses to get involved. First of all it’s free. Anyone who in any way calers to tourists can get a free listing on the site, with information. they can customize and even a phote or a map, Their listing can also contain a web link to carry ‘the viewer to a dif ferent site with more ex- tensive info, - The more than $12,000 to assemble the web site came from: a’ grant from 16/37 PROSTATE FORUM Community Futures. Wednesday March 31 - 7.00 pm at the Kin Hut on the corner of Halliwell and Sparks St., Terrace ‘Risk Factors & Prostate Cancer” presented by Mr Rick Gallagher - “Head, Cancer Control Research Program - B.C. 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