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Sault targets cross-border tourists (6/02)

Sault Ste. Marie is attempting to capitalize on the value of American money, according to a spokesman for Sault Ste. Marie tourism. The Canadian Tourism Commission and the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership have provided Tourism Sault Ste.

Sault Ste. Marie is attempting to capitalize on the value of American money, according to a spokesman for Sault Ste. Marie tourism.

The Canadian Tourism Commission and the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership have provided Tourism Sault Ste. Marie with $200,000 in advertising dollars to promote various tourist activities to the

Michigan market.

Last year the city's top tourist attraction, the tour train excursion, sold 70,528 tickets, a drop of 16 per cent from the previous year.

An unusually wet, cold spring, and the strike by Ontario Public Service Employees Union members have left parks in various stages of preparedness.