Spread the word about the power of tourism!
Help TIAC put tourism on the radar of our political parties and candidates in ridings across the country!
We need you to help us keep #tourismmatters a trend to be noticed! The social media posts below tag us on Twitter and fit the character count. You may wish to adjust them to tag your own local candidates, or share them on other social media platforms.
Feel free to use the following posts on your social media:
| Tourism businesses employ 1.8 million Canadians. That’s 1 in 11 jobs! How many tourism jobs are in your riding? #tourismmatters #jobs #elxn43 | International visitors spent $22.1B while visiting Canada last year. That makes #tourism our largest service export. Want more tourism facts? https://bit.ly/2PKk49i #TourismMatters #elxn43 #cdnpoli |
| Advertising builds brand reputation. Are we investing enough in Canada’s brand? A robustly funded @DestinationCAN helps attract more tourists & business to #Canada. #TourismMatters #exln43 #cdnpoli | Tourism is Canada’s only export industry that charges #taxes on int’l sales. This puts Canadian businesses at a disadvantage selling #tourism experiences overseas. Help the industry by removing the GST on tourism products. #TourismMatters #cdnpoli #elxn43 |
| My business [business name] employs xx number of voters. Let the political candidates in your area know that #TourismMatters. #cdnpoli #exln43 | Tourism is a $102B sector – larger than agriculture & forestry combined. #TourismMatters to Canadians – it should matter to our gov’t as well! More #tourism facts to share: https://bit.ly/2PKk49i #cdnpoli #elxn43 |
| #DidYouKnow - a 1% increase in int’l visitors to Canada = $817M more in export revenues. Get the word out that #TourismMatters! #elxn43 #cdnpoli |