News

2021 NWT Tourism Scholarships This year, NWTT will be awarding three scholarships. One is the Rio Tinto Indigenous Student Scholarship, and will be awarded to qualified Indigenous students attending…

The Board of Directors met for their scheduled June meeting. The following items were addressed: New Akaitcho Territory Government Board Member NWT Tourism Scholarship Emerging Stronger and Wiser…

Today Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Caroline Wawzonek announced two new support programs for licensed tourism operators and licensed accommodation providers across the NWT. PREP…

The member update includes the following items: Staycations Remote Tourism Operations The NWT Tourism Marketing Plan -Towards Resilience Advocacy To see the full update, with links, go to http://…

The third wave of research, conducted by research firm Leger, will be gathering feedback from residents about tourism through telephone interviews and an online survey. We launched the first wave on…

A meeting for the tourism industry was conducted with the Liquor Legislation Review on Friday, April 30th from 9:30-11:30 am. You can find minutes from the meeting here.  If any members would like…

The Tourism Industry Association of Canada has provided a quick federal budget overview of some of the tourism-related programs. We have been working closely with TIAC to advocate for budget supports…

Remote Tourism Activities to be allowed in 2021 under certain conditions We are very pleased to be sharing some news with you today. Through the hard work of our Board of Directors along with myself…

The Liquor Legislation Review date, originally scheduled for April 8th, has been moved to Friday, April 30th from 9:30-11:30 am. Members who are interested in attending the meeting are asked to RSVP…

Donna Lee Demarcke, CEO of NWT Tourism, will be presenting to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance this week. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this committee, it is a federal…