Several pandemic-era trends – an obsession with food, interest in supporting local businesses, worries for the hospitality industry and a new appreciation for local travel – are spurring a surge in agrotourism initiatives across Eastern Ontario.
“People have increasingly had more interest in knowing where the food they’re eating comes from,” says Alison Migneault, director of marketing and communications for Tourism Kingston.
In 2019, her organization began developing Frontenac Farm to Kingston Table, a program designed to attract visitors by highlighting growers from nearby Frontenac County and Kingston chefs. Plans to begin promoting the program in March 2020 were derailed by COVID-19.
The tourism board knew time was of the essence if it wanted to help its restaurateurs. In late March 2020, The Conference Board of Canada pinpointed Kingston as one of five communities across Canada most at risk of a severe economic impact from COVID-19, due to the city’s high concentr
Press Release – Enterprise Dunedin The Dunedin events scene is about to get supercharged, with the opening of the new contestable Regional Events Fund on 1 March. With a total pool of up to $720,000 available over two and a half years, the fund is aimed specifically at events that …
The Dunedin events scene is about to get supercharged, with the opening of the new contestable Regional Events Fund on 1 March. With a total pool of up to $720,000 available over two and a half years, the fund is aimed specifically at events that will attract increased domestic visitation and spend in the city, to offset the loss of international tourism dollars.
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 6:26 am
The Dunedin events scene is about to get supercharged,
with the opening of the new contestable Regional Events Fund
on 1 March. With a total pool of up to $720,000 available
over two and a half years, the fund is aimed specifically at
events that will attract increased domestic visitation and
spend in the city, to offset the loss of international
tourism dollars.
New or existing events that meet the
criteria can apply for between $25,000 and $100,000 to stage
a single or multi-year event, which must take place between
March 2021 and June 2023. The funding can be applied for in
addition other Dunedin City Council event grants.
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BARRIE Businesses that cater to tourists can now apply for some financial support to help pay for pandemic adaptions. Barrie, Orillia, Simcoe Country, and Grey County have joined forces with the Regional Tourism Organization 7 (RTO7) to create a COVID-19 Tourism Response Fund. The fund will distribute non-repayable payments, ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 to local tourism operators with 99 or fewer employees. Monies can be used for future changes or retroactively for costs incurred going back to June 1 2020. Recipients are expected to make a matching contribution of 20 percent. Restaurants, bars, hotels, travel agencies, zoos, theatres, amusement parks, transportation companies (including taxi services, ferry services, and bus companies), and retail stores heavily impacted by the pandemic are some of the operators eligible for the fund.