Victoria debates its post-industrial reality: tourism, deindustrialization, and store-hour regulations, 1900-1958.(Victoria, British Columbia)

From: Urban History Review | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

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By examining local debates about store-hour regulations in Victoria, BC, this article highlights the extent to which the city's decision to pursue tourism promotion as an economic alternative to traditional industry divided the local community. Some community members championed tourism as an effective alternative economic strategy and fought to eliminate the city's store-hour restrictions, especially the Wednesday half-holiday, because they believed these restrictions limited tourist expenditures. Others strenuously opposed the elimination of these restrictions on ...

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