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Travel and Tourism Industry Leaders Meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper TIAC President and CEO Randy Williams, along with leaders from Canada’s tourism sector, met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday, June 4th in a roundtable discussion on the competitiveness issues facing Canada’s tourism sector. The hour-long meeting provided an opportunity for a cross-section of industry leaders representing various aspects of the sector and all regions of the country to emphasize the importance of tourism to Canada’s economic and social well-being, and the steps that can be taken to ensure this vital sector’s prosperity in the future. The industry leaders in attendance at the meeting were:
Also in attendance at the meeting was Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, the Hon. Diane Ablonczy. Among the topics raised at the meeting was the need to ensure access to Canada through improved airlift, improved border infrastructure and an ADS agreement with China, as well as the need to invest in marketing Canada to the world. The group of industry leaders emphasized that tourism has the potential create economic benefits for every community in Canada by creating jobs and providing increased tax revenues. The presentations were very well received by the Prime Minister, who released a statement after the meeting indicating the government’s intent to move forward on a Federal Tourism Strategy. In the statement, the Prime Minister noted that that tourism is “an increasingly important industry that supports small businesses in every region of our country and keeps thousands of Canadians employed” and that “(b)y working together, we will build a tourism industry that employs thousands more people and showcases the very best of Canada to the world.” Click here to view the Prime Minister’s statement, along with information on the Federal Tourism Strategy Framework. For more information, please contact:
Travel and Tourism Lobby Day a Success
Travel and Tourism Lobby Day was held in Ottawa on Parliament Hill on June 4th, with a broad and unprecedented coalition of six Canadian travel and tourism sector organizations meeting with parliamentarians to make them aware of the many significant challenges facing the industry. The members of the coalition included the Canadian Airports Council, the Canadian Association of Tour Operators, the Hotel Association of Canada, the International Air Transport Association, the National Airlines Council of Canada, and the Tourism Industry Association of Canada. The partner organizations underscored to government the critical role of the travel and tourism sector as an economic and social enabler in Canada. As Canada’s travel and tourism sector seeks to engage with government to develop a new approach to tourism-related policy that can maximize Canada’s potential, the coalition emphasized the following objectives with parliamentarians and government officials:
The coalition also produced a leave behind messaging document, which will be distributed to all 308 MPs. For more information, please contact:
Tourism Industry Activities Mark Tourism Week in Canada
A very successful Tourism Week in Canada was celebrated in communities across the country this past June 1 - June 7, 2009. Tourism Week in Canada is the national celebration that highlights the economic impact and social benefits of Canada’s tourism sector among the media, general public and governments at all levels. Coordinated by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada and sponsored by Deloitte and Air Canada, Tourism Week provides a focal point for activities organized by provincial and territorial tourism industry associations, provincial and territorial marketing organizations, destination marketing organizations, individual businesses and other partners. Throughout tourism week, provincial and territorial tourism industry associations, destination marketing organizations, individual businesses and other partners organized and engaged in a wide variety of local and regional activities demonstrating how tourism contributes to Canada’s economy, its standard of living, and the quality of life of all Canadians. Many of these activities also provided tourism marketing organizations and attractions with a heightened opportunity to promote their tourism products within their own communities and beyond. Click here for a list of some of the local and regional activities. For more information, please contact:
Six Distinguished Canadians Inducted into the Canadian Tourism Hall of Fame The 2009 Canadian Tourism Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa June 3rd. Created in 2006 by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada and presented by Air Canada and Deloitte, the Canadian Tourism Hall of Fame publicly recognizes those individuals that have made tourism an important part of their life’s work and whose actions have had a positive impact on the industry they serve.
Inducted to the Canadian Tourism Hall of Fame in 2009 were:
Click here to access the complete photo gallery from the gala induction ceremony. For more information, please contact:
Globe and Mail Publishes Annual Report on Tourism Supplement The Globe and Mail Report on Tourism supplement was published June 2nd, providing readers of Canada’s largest national daily newspaper with an overview of some of the industry’s recent challenges and successes. Click here to download a copy of the 8-page newspaper supplement in .pdf format. For more information, please contact:
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In the first quarter of 2009, travel spending by Americans in Canada hit an 11-year low. Source: Statistics Canada |
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