Ottawa needs tourism plan: Transat CEO
Nov 16, 2007, 7:22 am
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Ottawa needs tourism plan: Transat CEO
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/276979
The country's besieged tourism sector is at risk of missing out on a boom in international travel because of Ottawa's "complacent" attitude toward the industry and a willingness to treat airlines and their passengers "like an ATM," warns the head of the country's largest tour operator.
Jean-Marc Eustache, the CEO of Montreal-based Transat AT Inc., which sells packaged holidays both to and from Canada, said policy makers and much of the business community view the country's $67 billion tourism industry as an "economic sideline" despite the fact that it represents a key growth opportunity for the economy.
The country's besieged tourism sector is at risk of missing out on a boom in international travel because of Ottawa's "complacent" attitude toward the industry and a willingness to treat airlines and their passengers "like an ATM," warns the head of the country's largest tour operator.
Jean-Marc Eustache, the CEO of Montreal-based Transat AT Inc., which sells packaged holidays both to and from Canada, said policy makers and much of the business community view the country's $67 billion tourism industry as an "economic sideline" despite the fact that it represents a key growth opportunity for the economy.
