News Release
Gottingen Street Gets New Travellers Hostel
(Wednesday, August 22/2001)-- Backpackers now have a place to lay their weary heads in the downtown core of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
HRM is getting a new hostel for backpackers-the second to be licensed by Tourism Nova Scotia in the province and the first in the municipality.
Districts 12 Councillor Dawn Sloane said the new Halifax Backpackers's Hostel is just one example of the business revival that it taking place on Gottingen Street.
Councillor Sloane said " I am very pleased that these two motivated entrepreneurs have made Gottingen Street the location for their business. Every new business is a new start for Gottingen Street."
She added "The fact that another hostel is being established in the province is a good indication that there is a boom in backpacking in Nova Scotia. However, I consider the establishment of this new business as part of the revival of Gottingen Street. "
The Halifax Backpackers Hostel received its first guests on August 2nd, but the official opening takes place tomorrow (Thursday, August 23, 2001) at 2193 Gottingen Street, between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. A Hostel Warming Party in the Garden will take place at 8 p.m.
The media is invited to attend both events.
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Councillor Dawn Sloane
(902) 488-4812
David Eisnor and Michelle Strum, Halifax Backpackers Hostel
(902) 431-3170 or info@halifaxbackpackers.com
