Editor:
Re: Tourism warning, March 26.
I read in a recent article in the Peace Arch News that the White Rock tourism bureau has an even greater funding problem this year.
It makes me concerned the summer trolley service wouldn’t be continued.
That service is much enjoyed by families, especially with the free parking uptown. The main reason my grandchildren from Vernon wanted to return to White Rock last summer was to ride the trolley! It also relieves the parking pressure on the beach during the summer.
I was not impressed with it being sponsored by a real-estate developer last year. It caused an extended, circuitous route to drive by the project twice. Nor did I enjoy having their video on the trolley; we ride it for the nostalgia and beautiful views, not to get a sales pitch!
The restaurants on the beach should be sponsoring this service.
A number of times last summer my wife and I took the trolley to the beach for dinner. We saw many others doing the same.
Maybe the restaurants don’t realize how much extra business they got because of the trolley. The sponsor names could be displayed in the trolley and the newspaper announcement of the schedule.
I do want to compliment the driver of the last two years, and the tourism staff and volunteers who were tour guides. They were great in publicizing our beautiful city.
Bob Saunders, White Rock
