Re: Little bit of Britain missing, Eye on the City, May 27, 2011.
Don Denton’s article asking the question of where has that Britishness gone should be required reading for all local tourism organizations.
There is no doubt that Victoria has lost its way as far as attracting tourists to the area, and each member should have to answer the question, why? If their answer is the recession, it is not a good enough answer as tourism numbers have been going down for several years.
Denton’s article has many of the answers and it is high time the powers that be and the Downtown Victoria Buisness Association take back the identity, so easily given away, of Victoria as a little piece of old England, so that tourists will once again feel they are not just dropping in on another bit of North America.
Jennifer Shore
Saanich
