After
a long and stressful week in Buffalo of settling in, I continue to do more
inventory on the city of Buffalo, NY. I decided to go visit the State University
of New York at Buffalo to ask the students, how many times or if any have you
gone to Niagara Falls? To no surprise, a majority of the students that I’ve
asked have gone to this tourist icon either with their families or their
friends. Personally, I’ve also gone to Niagara Falls with my family when I was
quite young and have not gone since the beginning of this study. A majority of
the students also stated that they decide to go because it was either a family
trip or because they were bored in college and Buffalo doesn’t have anything
interesting to do after the school hours.
While
being in the University at Buffalo, I also had the opportunity to participate
in their Fall Fest 2012 event, where many performances by artists like J.Cole
were present. There was a huge audience that was in this Fall Fest concert. A lot of the people seem to be non-locals to
the city of Buffalo, NY possibly because they were visiting with the long
weekend of Labor Day. With all the people that came to Buffalo, NY, along with
the three day weekend of Labor Day, I thought people would take this
opportunity to visit Niagara Falls being that it is only thirty minutes away
from the city.
As a surprise, not many
visitors/tourists were in Niagara Falls this weekend. There was also no traffic
while driving to Niagara Falls from Buffalo. This came as a surprise to me
because Labor Day weekend is perfect for a family vacation, as I thought many
visitors and tourist would have taken this opportunity to visit the Falls. While
driving by Niagara Falls I started to realize that there seemed to be a lot more
people in the Canadian side than the American side. I came up with the
question: Does Canada use Niagara Falls more as a tourist attraction than the
U.S.? Further research has to be done. Here are some links to what I’ve came
across:
http://www.niagaramuseum.com/
http://www.niagarafallshistorymuseum.ca/
http://www.niagara-usa.com/things-to-do/attractions/
http://www.niagarafallstourism.com/play/historic-sites/niagara-falls-history-museum/
