Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Wally Schumann Stands On The Edge Of Yellowknife's Frame Lake

Wally Schumann: Introductory Remarks to NWT Tourism AGM

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Good afternoon everyone.

On behalf of the Premier of the Northwest Territories and the GNWT, I would like to welcome you to Yellowknife – and to this meeting.  

Congratulations for contributing to the booming tourism industry we have today.

As Minister for Industry, Tourism and Investment: Thank you for your participation and contributions in today’s training day.

Through the training, the idea café, the presentation and the stories shared, we hope our message was clear:

The department is here to support your businesses meet the challenges of this growing industry.  

We want to help make your businesses better.

We want to contribute in the development of innovative products to attract a growing international audience to our territory.

We invest more than $1 million in tourism businesses and their products to foster this progress.

If you haven’t had the chance to access these opportunities, I invite you to look into it over the next two days.

Our first-ever Industry, Tourism and Investment Idea Café will be open all week in the lobby. 

We want to connect your ideas with ITI programs and services. There is almost certainly something we offer which can help make your ideas a reality.  ITI staff will be on hand to help. 

As we look forward, we also want to hear from you on where we should focus our priorities. 

We’ve all heard the mantra – it all starts with an idea.  And this week, we’re looking for yours.

Enjoy all the opportunities afforded by this gathering.  It’s a chance to network and build relationships and to celebrate our industry’s collective success.

Most importantly it also provides the opportunity to work together to prepare for the next steps and that ITI is here to assist.

Thank you.