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Byline: Imtiaz Muqbil
Nov. 3--The chairman of the Canadian Tourist Commission says it is about time global travel industry associations start doing some serious calculations about how much upgrading security is going to cost the industry, and the impact it could have on profitability and travel patterns.
In an interview last week, Doug Fyfe said it was "imperative" for organisations like the World Travel and Tourism Council, the Pacific Asia Travel Association, International Air Transport Association, World Tourism Organisation and other groups representing the hotels and travel agents to start paying some serious attention to this issue.
"In the past, security measures like visas, airport taxes once used to happen one at a time and were protested individually. Now, they are aggregating into ...