TAM RPE DRI EERE eZ ER Ae ime ane SRL ee te NSS Ga tke Ze Ss TO CK! Z 7 daysAWeek 635-5225 tazete Mini Mail 2005 Dr. R.E.M. Lee Foundation June 2 Don Radelet . : $50 June 3 Sylvia Hollands . $50 June 4.» Russell McFarland $50 June5 . KimFairless . © $50. June 6 William Dougall $50 June7 —_—s Alan Kennedy $50. June 8 Marion Ross $50 = TER TERRACE oly HEM CP BieKiHN www.terraceautomall.com Contact Us @ TER TER ERAGE TERRACE info@terraceautomall.com STANDARD advertising @terracestandard.com ' Newsroom @terracestandard.com Your website/email address _could be here! | _ Contact us at 638-7283 A TOUR. operator holds up.a sign for disembarking cruise ship passengers of the a Norwegian Spirit ship that docked i in Prince Rupert June 2. ROD LINK PHOTO ‘Terrace benefitting — from cruise A ‘TERRACE- BASED tour operator is ‘banking on-increased business from cruise © ship passengers now that Prince Rupert has doubled its port capacity. . . Elan Travel’s. George Clark said he had about 200 people take the six day excursions offered on May 26, the first day of the cruise ship season in the’ port city. - And it’s only going to busier. “The first visits are light; it's shoulder ‘season, sO; there arén’t many: excursions,” « said Clark of the cheaper cruises offered be- fore peak season. _ _The.May. 26 numbers were , boosted be- cause it was the season’s only two- ship day - and Clark said his new staff did well i in, their inaugural test. The travel agency’ offers 8 six excursions — three in the Rupert area and three on and | ° — off the Skeena River. Within the city, tour- _ ists can hike, tour the harbour and view sea - life. The Skeena tours offer salmon bakes, biological tours and jet boat rides. . Elan is courting tourists from the Norwe- gian Cruise Line.vessels that will make up the vast majority of the planned 34 stops by large ships at the Prince Rupert Port Corpo- ration’s new Northland Cruise Terminal. That’s a 50 per cent jump over the large cruise ship stops recorded last year and with that an estimated 60,000 passengers.. The two Norwegian Line ships carry over 2,000 passengers each and make weekly and once-every-10-day stops respectively. Additionally, what Clark called a deluxe . ship — the Radisson - will. stop three times this year. “Things went very well last year and - we're planning on having them go well this next year,” he said. ; Clark estimated his company provided seasonal employment for about 20 people, half of them from Terrace. a _ Although the cruise ship impact may not. - have been visible in Terrace* last season, a SATURDAY, JUNE 11— Qualifying Jat 6 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m. (THUNDER RACES RAGE SCHEDULE - ship stops Clark estimated he spent more than $200, 000 in this city on goods and services. * “Our food is purchased here in Terrace and our guides come from Terrace,” said Clark, adding much is subcontracted in the way of supplied equipment such as jet boats, © gazebos and chairs. - Clark’s tours are tailored to fit the length 7 of time a cruise ship is in port and for that- reason, Terrace is unlikely to benefit directly — from their visits unless the stops are length- ened. Presently, the cruise line companies pre; ” fer two half- day | excursions s for their passen- _ gers. 3 But tourists get.ataste: of the northwest. and Terrace will benefit from’ ‘return visits from passengers who have seen the region, Clark said.® - “They say that of the cruise ship passen- gers who go to Alaska,’30 per cent come ‘back for land-based holidays within five years. What we can show people here is the best form of advertising and it’s free,” he Said. “Even if half (of those 30 per cent) come to the northwest, it will mean a pretty major impact,” Clark said. “It’s great exposure.” The larger vessels will tie in at the new. Northland Cruise Terminal dock while the smaller ones will anchor off of the Atlin Ter- minal dock. . The season ends Oct. 6, when the 2,000- passenger Celebrity Cruise Lines Mercury docks for a 12-hour visit. The Mercury was originally scheduled to make 17 other stops of at least six hours but has. scaled back to being in port for just . one hour each time for technical stops — not enough time.to have passengers disembark. The port corporation’s Northland Cruise Terminal was completed last year ata cost~ of $9 million, while a $3-million package of improvements to on-land facilities was fin- ished this spring. , REDNECK RACEDAY & CRAZY CANUGK STUNT SHOW SUNDAY, JUNE 12 Action starts at at 2 p.m. June 25 (Sat.) Racing & Media Race duly 16 & 17 Memorial Race Weekend _ (Sat. & Sun.) (Sunday is also Hit-to-Pass) ; July 30 &31 Bomber Invitational Weekend a ~, [- (Sal. & Sun.) Riverboat Days) = i renin Aug. 14 (Sun) Last Points Day & Hit-to-Pass vane See car crashes Sept. 11 (Sun.) 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