By Michael Baginski/ With two feet of snow and wind chill of -30 outside, a young Canadian’s fancy turns to thoughts of… golf. And so it was over the weekend at the Toronto Golf and Travel Show, where the travel trade from this country, and further afield, turned out to inspire thousands of winter-weary attendees dreaming of escape to a sunny destination – and an emerald green golf course.
Indeed, such was the enthusiasm for the show that on Saturday, police blocked all cars from entering the International Centre’s ample parking lot due to lack of space, and creating long, chaotic queues of cars down the adjacent streets.
Most of the travel trade exhibitors arrived early and beat the queues fortunately.
Among them were Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority; Arizona Office of Tourism; Casa de Campo; Cayman Islands Department of Tourism; Florida, Golf in Costa Blanca (Spain); Golf PEI; Jamaica Tourist Board; Links of Ireland; Myrtle Beach; Mexico, Nassau & Paradise Island; Niagara Golf Vacations; The Bahamas Tourist Board; Tourism Authority of Thailand; and Unique Vacations Canada (Sandals and Beaches).
Here are some images captured by Travel Industry Today at the event.
Jamaica Tourist Board
Raymand Mathias, Caymans Islands
Links of Ireland
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