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Could Fort McMurray become an eco-tourist hot spot?
Fort McMurray, the boomtown at the centre of Canada's oil sands, may not exactly be known for its pristine natural surroundings. But one Alberta research consultant thinks it could someday become a haven for environmentally conscious tourists.
"If we just tackled land reclamation in a big way," Stephen Murgatroyd recently told a creativity conference in Edmonton, "we could become an ecotourist mecca."
The Imagination Conversationhttp://http://www.creativealberta.com/, which Murgatroyd organized, examined creative ways for Alberta to thrive in an increasingly globalized world.
Read the full article here.
Fort McMurray, the boomtown at the centre of Canada's oil sands, may not exactly be known for its pristine natural surroundings. But one Alberta research consultant thinks it could someday become a haven for environmentally conscious tourists.
"If we just tackled land reclamation in a big way," Stephen Murgatroyd recently told a creativity conference in Edmonton, "we could become an ecotourist mecca."
The Imagination Conversationhttp://http://www.creativealberta.com/, which Murgatroyd organized, examined creative ways for Alberta to thrive in an increasingly globalized world.
Read the full article here.