Sue, Conrad and Denise
step back 1000 years
Selena at the product display table
Gee, I've gotta go down east...
Jeanette speaks with some visitors
Denise, dressed as a Viking slave, shows
a visitor how wool was made
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The Coast of Bays was part of the Newfoundland and Labrador Pavilion
featured at the Travel and Leisure Show in Toronto from April 27 - 30, 2000. The
pavilion, led by Sandy Hickman of the Department of Tourism, Recreation and Youth, was
comprised of ten booths hosted by twenty people from around the province. The show
consisted of over 400 displays featuring tourism destinations and activities around the
world. Over the course of the four days 20,301 people attended the show. From
our experience, about 75% were in the 65+ age category with the remaining 25% representing
friends of seniors or travel agencies.
Many who visited our pavilion indicated that the people they had met and the culture
they experienced while here on previous visits made their trip worthwhile and was reason
enough to visit again. Others mentioned stories of trips by friends which had
spurred their interest. All visitors to the provincial pavilion were given a kiss -
a Purity Factories kiss.
There was a great interest in the National Parks at Gros Morne and Terra Nova as well
as the Viking village at Lanse au Meadows. Jewel Cunningham and Denise Loder had a
bank of information about these attractions. Labrador, represented by Sue Anderson
and Sonia McKim, was also given good exposure during the show.
For information about tourism in the Coast of Bays region, contact:
Baxter House, Tourism Coordinator
Coast of Bays Corporation
P.O. Box 310
St. Alban's, Newfoundland
A0H 2E0
Phone: 709-538-3401
Fax: 709-538-3627
E-mail: cobta@cancom.net
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