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As a former tourism worker=2C I doubt that 'many' would be attracted to tha=
t.=20
I once had young people come into Shelburne and request to see our slums...=
...for some university course that they were taking. I was hard pressed ot=
help them in that area.=20
This would be an environmental educational issue like the tar sands in Albe=
rta.=20
We do have some issues but not that we'd want to advertise methinks. =20
It would get government attention but would it help our cause?=20
I used 'tourism' to help restore old buildings=2C protect birding habitat a=
nd to help us keep lighthouses.
Not all of it worked.=20
When a person travels they want to be entertained and educated.=20
A business like the one proposed would have to make money to be viable.=20
????
Lynne Perry
From: heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Tue=2C 15 Nov 2011 15:48:49 -0400
Subject: [NatureNS] Eco-horrorism
I think it would be a novel idea to have a tour company lead a Nova Scotia =
tour to our blights on nature namely the Sydney tar ponds=2C the gypsum min=
e outside Elmsdale which I have heard is the biggest hole in the world=2C a=
biomass clear-cut=2C the algae streams near the mink farms=2C fish farms a=
nd the list could be endless. Of course the tour company could show a few o=
f our beautiful sights just to show what is left.=20
I am serious about the tour company idea. Can you imagine an advertisement =
in Canadian Geographic for just that type of tour... It may draw the intere=
st of which ever would be the current government. If anyone wants to start =
up such a tour company=2C don't expect a tourism start up grant from the go=
vernment. :)
Heather in Halifax =
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As a former tourism worker=2C =3BI doubt that 'many' would be attracted=
to that. =3B<BR>
I once had young people come into Shelburne and request to see our slums...=
...for some university course that they were taking. =3B =3BI =
=3Bwas hard pressed ot help them in that area. <BR>
This would be =3Ban environmental educational issue like the tar sands =
in Alberta. <BR>
We do have some issues but not that we'd want to advertise methinks.  =
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It would get government attention but would it help our cause? <BR>
I used 'tourism' to help restore old buildings=2C protect birding habitat a=
nd to help us keep lighthouses.<BR>
Not all of it worked. <BR>
When a person travels they want to be entertained and educated. <BR>
A business like the one proposed would have to make money to be viable. <BR=
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????<BR>
Lynne Perry<BR>
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From: heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Date:=
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