November 4, 2020

Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment Caroline Wawzonek tabled two engagement summaries November 4th that will inform the GNWT’s work to develop a new five-year strategy for tourism activities and investments beginning next year.

In the fall of 2019, ITI facilitated an extensive engagement with tourism operators and stakeholders to identify government actions and investments that would empower the NWT’s industry to build and expand upon its success into the future.

What ITI learned from these initial engagements is captured in: What We Learned: Tourism Strategy Stakeholder Engagement Summary 1 (Sept – Dec 2019)

By May 2020, however, the global COVID-19 pandemic had altered the course of domestic and international tourism.  With less than a year to go until the release of its 2021-25 tourism strategy, and with a sudden and necessary new focus on recovery, ITI once again engaged key tourism businesses and partners with a new set of questions assessing needs and priorities; and identifying opportunities for short and long term rebuilding.

What We Learned: Tourism Strategy Stakeholder Engagement Summary 2 (May – June 2020) presents the information gathered from this second round of interviews and surveys with tourism partner organizations, tourism funding partners, municipalities and licensed tourism operators.

The GNWT’s (2025) tourism strategy is scheduled to be introduced in March.