Tourism

As one of the largest sectors of the economy, tourism supports regional vibrancy.

Transformation of Place: Rural Renaissance in Prince Edward County Ontario is the focus of this five minute video on the creative economy and its impact on tourism in this rural region.

Resource Links

The Saskatchewan Tourism Education Council provides online training for the tourism industry as well as resources and publications.

The Tourism Business Development Toolbox is based in the United States and provides an extensive amount of information on trends and strategies for tourism and hospitality businesses.

Cultural Heritage Tourism This American site provides tips on developing a product as well as a large inventory of best practices.

Tourism Research Canadians Markets

Tourism Research US Markets

The Canadian Tourism Commission
provides a number of online toolkits.

Travel and Tourism Research Association provides education and publications Sustainable Tourism

Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council

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Taking The First Step: Farm and Ranch Alternative Enterprise and Agritourism Resource Evaluation Guide This publication was produced by the Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Board, Inc. and offers farm and ranch entrepreneurs aself-guided process in making the first step towards enterprise diversification

Tourism Business Development and Financing Guide provided by Tourism Saskatchewan is a project development tool that is skewed to the tourism sector.

Likely BC Community Tourism Plan

An array of Rural Tourism Case Studies can be found on the TRIP site

Developing Sustainable Tourism: How Can Branding Help?

Tourism Development in Mackenzie BC