Does anybody realize what a boon tourism is? When I was last in New York City, it was brought to my attention that tourism is the number two business in NYC, the Stock Exchange being number one.

Chicago is in a budget crunch right now but there's always room for improvements to things that attract tourist. Why is that? Its about THE MONEY.

I've recently met many of the folks working for Canadian Tourism and they are smart and charming and very diplomatic. Pity that your local tourism office can't get the idea that their job is to boost tourism and not to alienate visitors and local businesses.

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AA