GoBC Newsletter

Newsletter September 2007

Wednesday Sep 19, 2007

New Home Page
Our New home page design, makes the navigation on our web site more user-friendly.

European market still on the rise
The European market had increased by 5.7% compared to last year, meanwhile the American market decreased by 4.3% GoBC is on the right track.

New Home Page
Some of you may have already noticed our new Home Page www.gobc.ca The new Design is now more user friendly for international visitor and searches are even easier. Please make sure that you have added all the updated features you offer in your listing, so you attract as many visitors as possible to your listing. Take advantage of our Getaway Packages so you get more bookings in the lower season. Add any market specials to your listing, as visitors are always looking for great deals.

European market still on the rise
We are already experiencing an increase in European traffic as European travelers are looking for their next vacation trip in fall or winter. As published by Tourism BC, the European market has increased by 5.7%, while the American market has decreased by 4.3% compared to last year. Keep in mind European's have up to 35 paid vacation days a year. So they need to plan their holidays well in advance. And more than 150 million Europeans speak German, which makes it the largest spoken language in Europe. Because of the higher cost on plane tickets to travel to BC during high season, Europeans attend to travel to British Columbia in the off season as the flight costs are considerably less expensive, so they have more money to spend here. As shown in Tourism BC's report the European market had increased by 13% in the first quarter of 2007. With the Euro being so strong travel to BC will be more attractive than ever.
Please contact us anytime, if you think of anything that would help your business or your community to get more exposure on our web sites.

We hope everybody has had a great year so far and we are very thankful that GoBC is part of your business, so we will be able to bring more business to you.