News about the tourism industry in the Northwest Territories.
Advocacy Update after the Board of Directors Meeting June 16
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…
GNWT Launches Two New Support Programs for Tourism and Accommodations
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…
NWT Tourism Member Update
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://…
Third wave of research measuring resident's readiness to welcome visitors is underway
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…
Engagement Notes for the Liquor Legislation Review Meeting
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…
Tourism Industry Association of Canada Federal Budget 2021 Update
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 for the summer of 2021
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…
NEW DATE for the Liquor Legislation Review
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…
Your input would be welcome as Donna Lee prepares to go before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance
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…
Advocacy Update
Spring is now upon us. It has now been just over a full year of all of us dealing with the pandemic. We are very much looking forward to better times ahead. We've been very busy on the advocacy…