The record, 23 juin 1987, Supplément 1

Communities s-____, NO.1 June-July 1987 16 Pages Explore the highways and by-ways of Mainland Quebec What’s going on in the Gaspé, Quebec City, the Eastern Townships, South West Quebec, and the Outaouais?News from five regional English-speaking community groups Places to go and things to do right here in Quebec: Recreation, scenery, shopping, history — yours to enjoy A supplement produced by the Mainland Press Service of the Association of Quebec Regional English Media for the following non-profit English community groups: Committee for Anglophone Social Action (Gaspesia); Voice of English Quebec; Townshippers’ Association; Chateau-guay Valley English-Speaking People’s Association; Outaouais Alliance.Made possible with the assistance of the Secretary of State, the Government of Quebec, and the following members of the National Assembly: André Beaudin (Gaspé); Robert Middlemiss (Pontiac).PHOTO: THE RECORD • ''"V: :: •.Mi- É ¦ ( Supplement to appear between June 22 and July 3,1967, in: Aylmer Bulletin, Shawville Equity, Huntingdon Gleaner, First Informer, Low Down to Hull and Back News, Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Sherbrooke Record, Rouyn-Noranda Press, ‘Spec’, Stanstead Journal, Val d'Or Star, Townships Sun, Lachute Watchman, West-Quebec Post Printed by the Sherbrooke Record.) 2 Gaspé launches new project to attract English tourists "Twenty-five, thirty years ago,” one Gaspesian recalls, "you could sit on the veranda on a summer evening and amuse yourself looking at the different licence plates on cars and campers touring the Coast.” Those days are fewer now.Today, a number of forces arc at work to prevent this from becoming just a memory in the annals of Gaspésie.Already, the slogan “je me souviens” is beginning to take on new meaning for businesses relying on the tourist dollar.Where have all the tourists gone'.’ What went wrong?These are some of the questions the business committee of CASA hoped to address when it submitted and received a tourism project from the Federal Government this spring under the Stra tegies program.Start with study Four people were hired to study all facets of tourism on the Gaspé Coast.Upon completion of a three-week training program, the agents will spend the next four months evaluating faci- DJisiSBrsv ;rr r j-pjïx T”'"'- inLn^