Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the past few years we recognized that there was starting to be a shift in tourism products so we undertook some research to determine where the future interests would lie and it was indicating there was a preference towards ecotourism and adventure tourism. We instituted the Tourism Diversification and Marketing Program which provided funding so that existing operators could look at developing new products. For the Barren Ground outfitters and the polar bear outfitters, they indicated that they needed to focus more on the marketing and their own specific sectors, so the government provided sports hunter outfitter marketing assistance. It started out at $150,000 a year, now this year we have $300,000 for the caribou and $300,000 for the polar bear. So that’s how we’re assisting them and we expect that for the future years there has been input into our business plan. Thank you.
Bob McLeod on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
October 25th, 2010
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