The current economic climate is hitting the tourism business pretty hard, with American tourism way down and businesses needing to cost-cut. Tourism Vancouver alone has laid off 20% of its staff.

News article here.

Not good news with the Winter Olympics in Vancouver only a year away, when all these businesses thought they were going to cash in big time. However, the tourism sector is expected to recover towards the end of the year with the Olympics providing a big boost - see article here.