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Visitors down by 50 per cent so far

The Yarmouth ferry terminal, normally bustling with activity and long lines of cars is desolate this summer with the loss of the Cat ferry. Carla Allen photo

Published on July 5, 2010; Published on July 5, 2010
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Visitors are down by 50 per cent compared to this period last year according to Yarmouth & Acadian Shores (YAS).

Topics :: North American , California , Ontario , Alberta

YAS staff began working on June 8. The number of visitors counselled at the YAS counter at the Yarmouth Visitor’s Information Centre from that date to June 30 (inclusive) was 375 compared to 758 in 2009.

This year 268 of the visitors were Canadian, 77 were American, and 30 were non-North American. The highest number of Canadians were Nova Scotians (103), with Ontario following at 65, Alberta at 29, and BC at 23.

The highest number of Americans was from: New York State (14), followed by Pennsylvania (8), South Carolina (8), California and Texas (7 each).

Overseas visitors (30 in total) were from Germany (16), Scotland (6), France (2), England (2), Spain (2) and Switzerland (2).

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d pippy

- July 6, 2010 at 22:37:48

What a sin, hurts to see this, but seen it coming . One would think that the Federal and Provincial Governments are trying to just divert all traffic to Halifax and North through Sydney, don't forget the all important Halifax to Moncton corridor and how much that has improved over the last 15 years, then today I read that the federals are giving $500 million to Marine Atlantic (North Sydney to NF) just a little more salt to the wound if you please. Look at the history, Railroad, then Airport, then the Harbour, now the ships. Next will be the roads due to lack of traffic. It is obvious that the agenda of governments future and past is the lack of concern for small town Canada and all the focus going towards larger centers where the demographic lies. Trust me when there is an election the focus is only population base. I have been all across Canada and this is the issue in many towns. Some even worse the Yarmouth. Sorry I went on so long but in the end there are answers. Any Questions?

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