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Upcoming Missions

Announcing Spring 2012 Missions
We are in full planning mode for our upcoming spring missions. The Tourism Best Practices Program will be offering four exciting new missions this coming spring that tourism operators in Atlantic Canada will have a chance to be a part of. 

We are very excited about the missions and the great locations we will be visiting. Please do not hesitate to register someone from your organization while there is still space available. These spots will fill up quickly so sign up today.
 
* ACOA offers a 50% subsidy to tourism operators that are eligible to participate on the missions.
 
 
April 9th - April 14th
Bikers

The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a trail that offers 135 miles of hiking and biking between Cumberland, MD, and Duquesne, PA, near Pittsburgh. To stimulate the local economy along the GAP, the exemplary Trail Town Program was developed, creating a continuous trail experience that connects communities and towns along the trail to service today’s trail users who frequent restaurants, bike shops, grocery stores, small town shops, etc. This is a destination where clusters of tourism products and businesses exist in conjunction with walking trails for visitors and the trails effectively partner with these local businesses. The purpose of this mission is to learn how to develop trail products/communities that encourage the trail user to get off the trail to enjoy the scenery, services, and heritage of the towns. How to develop partnerships with local businesses/communities, and gain insight into what trail users expect for standards, price and length of stay will be key components of the mission.

 

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April 16th - April 21st
Experiential cuisine

Niagara-on-the-Lake and South West Ontario, Ontario

Research tells us there is a growing demand for travel experiences that include food and more travelers are seeking locally sourced foods and information about the characters responsible for their growth and presentation. This mission will visit establishments that provide an authentic, hands-on, tourism experience whereby one learns about, appreciates, and consumes food/drink that reflects the local, regional, or national cuisine, heritage, culture, tradition, or culinary techniques. Food interpretation, cooking school experiences, and culinary tourism experiences will be featured and the mission will reinforce the higher price point that visitors are willing to pay for experiential components.

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April 29th - May 4th
Experiential Tourism

Riding Mountain National Park and Winnipeg, Manitoba

A great proportion of visitors in Atlantic Canada are looking for tourism “experiences” – this mission will concentrate on interactive tourism experiences and packaging. Celes Davar, President of Earth Rhythms Inc., will be facilitating this mission and providing the group with the opportunity to experience his company, which is a leader in experiential learning, learning adventures and customized experiences in Western Canada. The group will meet with facilities and service providers, who create experiences that are inherently personal, engage the senses and make connections on an emotional, physical, spiritual or intellectual level through the programs, guides, and facilitators used.

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May 7th - May 11th
Season extension

Cape Cod, New Hampshire and lower Massachusetts region, USA

This mission will explore extending the fall season, encouraging travel in the spring season and will visit a destination that demonstrates successful, innovative, season extension initiatives that can be applied in Atlantic Canada. Destinations visited will have similar seasonal challenges but have collaborative efforts among stakeholders to develop an action plan to promote and develop season extension. This mission will explore opportunities to develop shoulder season business while paying attention to programming, itineraries, packaging, and value-added features.

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Past Mission Profile
Craft Retail Theming 2007 - Lessons Learned

Rightarrow This mission was useful in looking at regions organizing themed routes and the value of combining cuisine and cultural activities with crafts.

Experience a Best Practices Mission - Photo Gallery

Heritage River & Communities Photos (Whitney Ellis) 036
Heritage Rivers and Communities March 2008
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Trails- Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Product Development
Product Development Best Practices Mission October, 2007
Culture Tourism: Food & People- Prince Edward County, Ontario Agritourism – Farm Stays 2007 Well Branded Destinations October, 2007
Ambassador Binns, Ald Margaret Craig & Cllr Michael Carr EBR
ACTP Fall Mission 2007
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Culture as an Attraction 2007
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Monday, April 9th
Trails and Partnerhips
Bikers
The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a trail that offers 135 miles of hiking and biking between Cumberland, MD, and Duquesne, PA, near Pittsburgh. ... Read More

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Monday, April 16th
Experiential Cuisine
Experiential cuisine
Niagara-on-the-Lake and South West Ontario, OntarioResearch tells us there is a growing demand for travel experiences that include food and more travele... Read More

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