Greater Victoria Development Agency: Victoria

Dallas Gislason Dept: Fortin, reached by telephone from Changsha, mid-way through the 26-member delegation s trip, hopes to strengthen economic and educational ties with the Asian country. He s leading the delegation along with Dallas Gislason, development officer with the Greater Victoria Development Agency, according to Vancouver Sun. The delegation is visiting Baotou in Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, Changsha, Suzhou sister city to Victoria and Shanghai to promote the capital region as a destination for tourism, technology and education. The group, which arrived in Shanghai Oct. 20, heads home from Beijing Tuesday and a Victoria delegation s whirlwind trip to China will pay dividends, Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin said Friday from that country. The trip, with stops in six cities, is the second in as many years and follows a trade mission to China in 2010 that, according to the GVDA, resulted in $10 million worth of business for Greater Victoria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.