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Old Apr 7, 2020 | 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Adam Smith
Given that our previous conversations have often revolved around things like the Fogo Island Inn, Wickaninnish Inn, fine whisky, etc, is it wrong of me to be a little bit surprised that you would be out camping in the wilderness?
There's actually talk from the local government of developing the trail Bohemian1 mentioned into a European-style "wilderness luxury" lodge-to-lodge trek with the idea that this will bring more tourism to the so far overlooked northern half of Vancouver Island. The public survey they sent out even asked if people were interested in laundry service.

IMHO, 'wilderness' is a more unique offering than anything we can develop - there's less and less of it and that undeveloped character is what brings a lot of people from Europe and Asia here for tourism. I hope we can strike a balance of developing a valuable tourism industry while also appreciating that it all depends on conserving the natural world.
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