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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Exceeded expectations - Vancouver tourism destination marketing of the core concept of Vancouver is the western Pacific coast of the beautiful port city, is the famous tourist resort and a place suitable for human habitation. Vancouver to be known as: ‘Best Travel Destination’ (Travel Weekly Magazine January 2006), ‘the best city in North America’ (Condé Nast Traveler Magazine November 2005), ‘the world’s best business travel destination,’ (The Economist’s’ The World in 2006 ‘annual publication),’ the world’s most suitable for human habitation areas’ (the Economist Intelligence Unit’s survey of 127 global cities, October 2005) - on Vancouver’s beauty and high quality of life, no doubt. Vancouver is located in southwestern British Columbia, is Canada’s 10 provinces, the most western of a city. It is also composed of 21 autonomous cities in the Greater Vancouver area as part of its population of 2 million. Because the mountain beside the sea, Vancouver is the mildest climate all Canadian places around the world each year attracts thousands of visitors come here for sightseeing. Last year, the Greater Vancouver area has received 8.6 million overnight visitors. Of these, 58.6% from Canada and the local community, 25.8% from the United States, 9% from the Asia-Pacific region and the remaining 5% from Europe. In 2005, these tourists is estimated that this spending has more than 40 million Canadian dollars. As a result, stimulate and create thousands of jobs and business opportunities. Vancouver has been able to attract sustained growth in the number of tourists, thanks to a number of travel organizations committed to making Vancouver as a tourist destination marketing interaction. The tourism organization consists of four levels: Vancouver Tourism Bureau, the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association (including the Vancouver coastal and mountainous areas), provincial tourism marketing organizations (British Columbia Provincial Tourism Bureau