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Article: Slowdown hits Whistler ahead of Olympics
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- December 22, 2008
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Canada's Whistler ski resort is experiencing an economic slowdown with little more than a year to go before it hosts the alpine events of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Officials and businesses in Whistler, British Columbia point to a lack of snow and the global economic downturn. Most cities experience a boom ahead of the Olympics, but Whistler is showing it isn't immune to the global recession.
Spending is down by about 10 percent for the season compared to last year, Tourism Whistler's Casey Vanden Heuvel said. He added that the resort had prepared for a slowdown.
"It's fairly predictable that in tight economic times discretionary spending is a form of spending ...