Before the city makes another colossal mistake on moving the Tourist Bureau stop and think

Before the city makes another colossal mistake on moving the Tourist Bureau stop and think.

Who thought that putting a tourist information centre in the back of a store on Stephen Avenue Mall was a good idea, never stopped to think where the majority of people who visit a new city, go for their information and when they do that.

Where does the bulk of the visitor traffic go to stay in Calgary?

Where does the bulk of the visitor traffic enter Calgary for the first time?

Where does the bulk of the visitor traffic go after they have decided what venues or attractions to visit?

They do not come into a city, and head downtown to find out where to stay, go to dinner, or find a movie to see.

Calgary has got to show the world we have grown up and out of the small town old boys way of doing things, and harness the technology in such a way the city shows the visitors what the city has to offer where they enter the city.

With the internet, high speed hook-ups, virtual worlds, and computer kiosks, we can put an information centre on all four sides of the city, and at the airport, at hotels, or even in the palm of people's hands.

An idea I proposed to the people looking at informing people of traffic problems, evacuation notices, and other important city information, is to have the city have their own radio station. Similar to the one used in Banff.

Let's not repeat the screw up of the last move of the Calgary Tourist bureau.

Let's show the people we got it right this time.