The Prince Rupert Port Authority has tabulated their numbers from the 2008 cruise season, giving a few glimpses into the state of the now five year old industry on the North Coast.
The season which came to an end in September, proved to be a successful one for shoreline excursion operators by volume, as they had a 21 per cent increase in the number of visitors using their services in 2008. The shoreline excursion trips provided 2.4 million dollars in income for the operators in the city, as six thousand more tourists took advantage of their tours from last years numbers…
(from the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 1785936443 )-