British Columbia Looks Past Olympics

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Having seen Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and domestic actors and athletes succeed with TV spots to promote California tourism, British Columbia has produced its own celebrity-driven campaign to pull in American tourists after the Winter Olympics.

B.C. has already dropped a mint to stage the Vancouver/Whistler Games next month and the Paralympics in March. So the western-most Canadian province shelled out another $38 million to break through the commercial clutter in February with a slick TV push to keep Americans visiting after the Olympic flame is extinguished at the closing ceremonies on March 1.

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