Section 2: Answers that you provide in Section 2 will help us understand who you are representing and that organization ' s outlook.
Q9. Do you have any comments or insights on how 2024 was and / or how 2025 looks for your organization / business?
We have seen growth in our business through inquiry and FIT travel. We also observe many new visitors from the Alberta corridor.
tougher economy, less spending and impact of low coat( coal) prices
much less contractors, people looking for a low price, difficulty finding employees, you should encourage the city to provide more low cost housing, in vancouver the city buys old hotels to help meet demand
2025 brings with it a general feeling of uncertainty, I think this will effect our community( plus lay offs at the mine). When businesses are feeling this uncertainty with the market, consumer spending, cost of goods, supply etc., they tend to cut advertising, which directly effects our business. Printing costs have levelled out since covid but remain high. I think in 2025 we will be mindful and somewhat cautious.
Continues growth with domestic focus
It was very hard to get people to come to events- I didn ' t see a lot of tourists at events and many events that were aimed at Tourists like the Griz Days party had below expected attendance.
we expect continued growth in our ski holiday tours
2025 is looking similar to 2024 at the moment, but hopefully the summer will see an increase in traffic
lack of corporate business this summer hurts
Likely closing
2025 has been more unpredictable
No different than previous years.
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