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A recent survey by Expedia ranked Radium Hot Springs the friendliest destination town in Canada.
Expedia, a world-leading travel agency, has created a list of the 20 friendliest towns in Canada, based on traveller votes, and Radium Hot Springs came out on top of the list.
“I believe that we are living the dream, and we are sharing it with others,” said mayor Clara Reinhardt adding, by way of explaining why she thinks her town topped of the list, that “if you think about the effort that we put into beautifying our community…the effort we put into events and activities and things like disc golf and public art and parks. All the work that gets put into making our municipality an attractive destination. I think that hard work on everybody’s part is paying off as people have fun when they get here. It’s easy to be friendly to people who are having fun.”
Image Credit: SUBMITTED /WIkimedia commons March 15, 2021 - 7:00 AM As interprovincial motorists prepare for lengthy planned shutdowns of Trans-Canada Highway1 east of Golden this year, a small B.C. community is preparing for an onslaught of diverted traffic. Village of Radium Hot Springs Mayor Clara Reinhardt says her community is as prepared as it can be for the non-local surge of Highway 1 traffic that is expected from those using B.C. Highways 93 and 95 as a detour from construction closures on the Trans-Canada this year. The first closure is scheduled to start April 12 and will run until May 14. “When they first came up with the concept, and looked at all of the options, for the safety of travellers and to keep the costs down for the twinning in Kicking Horse canyon, they realized a full closure was going to be the best option. We’ve known of the possibility of this for a year and a half,” Reinhardt says.