HOSTS WITH THE MOST
FEATURED AT B.C. PAVILION

Hosts and hostesses at the B.C.
Pavilton will be more than guides;
they will be a unique representation
of the province.

Operations staff at the B.C.
Pavilion scouted every region of
B.C. last fall to find 153 special men
and women to welcome visitors to
the Pavilion Complex. Nine of these

Tourism is British Columbia's
multi-billion dollar industry.

And British Columbians are one of
our most important attractions.

The SuperHost program recognizes .
this. Our popular one-day seminar
teaches businesses and interested
people the super skills they

need to offer the most and

will be supervisors responsible for
overseeing their activities.

“We wanted to create an oppor-
tunity for all regions to participate
in the Pavilion,” says Sue Griffin,
Manager of Guest Services. “We
also wanted to provide employment
opportunities across B.C."

Because hosts were recruited

from all areas, many can offer Ex-
po visitors specialized information
about attractions and transporta-
tion in each region. In addition,
each supervisor will be trained
through the new SuperHost Pro-
gram offered by the Ministry of
Tourism.

The two-day program stresses
effective listening skills so that
guests with accents can be
understood.

Hosts and hostesses will be
tecagnized by their blue and white
uniforms.

Look for the colourful red, blue and

yellow SuperHost sign and expect the

most: the most friendly welcome, the
most sincere smiles and the most
attentive service.
To find out more about
SuperHost write: Tourism

British Columbia, 1117
Wharf Street. Victoria, B.C.

benefit the most from tourism.
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North Shore News

TOURISM TO BE

FEATURED

AT

PAVILION _

It's hard to be humble when
you're talking about B.C.’s
tourism potential. In 1984 it
was our third largest in-
dustry, earning over $2.3
billion in revenues. Tourism
is the driving force behind
our service sectors, which
have the greatest growth
potential over the next
decade.

“Forested areas
at both access
points from the
Expo site have
been created

to introduce
visitors to

the ‘natural’
features

of the province.’

That's why the BU.
Pavilion is taking special
care to ensure all of B:C: is
represented at the fair.
Forested areas at both ac-
cess points from the Expo
site have been qreatéd to in-
troduce visitors to the
“natural’’ features of the pro-
vince. One of these — the
Walk in the Forest — con-
tains 10-metre Douglas fir
trees and two streams full of
live trout. lt surrounds the en-
trance to Discovery B.C. —
the main building at the site.

The exhibits themselves
will extend a warm B.C.
welcome to. visitors.
Discovery B.C. features an
entrance with carved
“‘welcoming”’ figures, photo
murals of B.C. scenes, a reai
waterfall and a young host or
hostess to give a personal
greeting.

In the Showscan film more
than 20 B.C. locations from
the Kootenays to Long
Beach are featured in a
round-the-province adven-

. ture trip.

Stage sets and wall murals
in the Marketplace of the
Regions paint a contem-

fon

porary picture of the nine
tourism regions of B.C., en-
couraging the visitor to book
a tour after seeing Expo. The
murals are remarkably detail-
ed, showing towns, lakes and
key transportation routes.

Interactive video terminals
within the Marketplace
display B.C. landscapes as
they might appear from a car
window. in fact, the whole
Marketplace has a roadside
motif — from the roadsigns
suspended throughout to the
stage sets which portray ac-
tual landmarks from the
regions.

A fully staffed Tourism In-
formation Centre with a
ResWest terminal is also
positioned at the entrance to
the Marketplace. ResWest is
the province's official reser-
vations system capable of
booking accommodation
anywhere in B.C., including
campgrounds, trailer parks
and hotels. Guests will be
able to confirm their travel
plans without leaving the
Discovery B.C. building.

In addition to this, events
and performances staged by
community groups from all
over B.C. will be featured on
the Plaza of Nations and
three performance areas at
the main building. This is the
Regional Weeks ‘Program,
designed to.expose Expo
visitors to the people and
cultures of B.C.'s regions.

B.C. wine and food
samples will be provided at
the Marketplace and the
White Spot-operated
restaurant in Discovery B.C.
will carry a special menu
featuring B.C. products.

Another asset to the B.C.
Pavilion’s tourism focus will
be the 153 hosts and
hostesses hired from all
parts of B.C. and armed with
detailed knowledge of the
various regions.

All this is designed to en-
courage our out-of-province
visitors to spend the balance
of their 1986 vacation at
other points in B.C. and to
return again in future years.
The tourism message is
everywhere in the B.C.
Pavilion — and the featured
destinations are right outside
the front door.

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