Durham Tourism
Industry
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Connecting, engaging and informing Durham Tourism's valued stakeholders
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Greetings from Durham Tourism
Spring has certainly sprung in Durham Region! There is lots of activity and planning happening across the region, as we heard recently at our Municipal Tourism Leadership group meeting. Durham Tourism, Central Counties Tourism and representatives from our local area municipalities came together to discuss all things tourism. It’s great to hear about all of the upcoming events, new businesses and marketing opportunities that are contributing to our growing and thriving tourism industry here in Durham.
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Tourism Industry Highlights
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@DurhamTourism: Are you following?
Durham Tourism is now on Instagram! Our new channel will help to highlight Durham Region as the photo-friendly, bucket-list experience that it is! Visit
Durham Tourism on Instagram for exciting events, great ways to spend the weekend, and fun activities the whole family can enjoy. Don’t forget to like, comment and share with your family and friends!
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2018 Business Count results
The Region’s Planning and Economic Development Department recently released the results of its annual Business Count, which gathers employment statistics and promotes local economic development initiatives.
The project team visits local businesses and gathers data about business operations, including the type and nature of the business, the number of employees, plans for growth, floor space and location.
The data collected through this study is instrumental in helping to create a strong local economy and maintain the Region’s employment database and online business directories at
investdurham.ca and
durhamtourism.ca. The data is used for a range of planning and economic development purposes, such as monitoring local economic trends, analyzing and promoting local business sectors for tourism or business generation, and developing business attraction and retention strategies.
Information collected from the 2018 Business Count indicates that our local businesses employ more than 200,291 people, with 64 per cent of them being full-time positions.
With your support, we were able to reach 12,599 businesses across the region this year. Thank you! Watch for information on the 2019 Business Count in the next issue of the Durham Tourism Industry Report.
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Tourism Matters
Over the past few months, Durham Tourism and our Regional Tourism Organization, Central Counties Tourism, have been presenting alongside municipal tourism staff to local area municipal councils. These presentations have focused on embracing tourism in local communities; and the programs, support and resources available to businesses and tourism stakeholders at the local, regional and provincial level. With more than four million visitors coming to the region annually, spending more than $301 million at local businesses, tourism is a key contributor driving economic growth in the region. Presentations continue until June.
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The new Discovery Guide is on its way!
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Our brand-new Discovery Guide will be ready this month and is the go-to resource for exploring our beautiful region. This year’s guide takes on a new format, with submissions from travel experts, bloggers and writers from across the province. These experts deliver the goods on all there is to do in the region, from the “inside dish” on our diverse and exciting dining scene, to “How to spend 48 hours in Durham.” The guide will be available both online and in print. You can pre-order copies for your location at durhamtourism.ca or by calling us at 1-800-413-0017.
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Calling all tourism champions
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Tourism is a $91.6 billion industry that directly supports 614,600 jobs across Canada. Representing 9.2 per cent of all jobs in Canada, tourism is also the third largest job creator in the country. Every year, Tourism Week is held from coast to coast to recognize this growing industry and its role in Canada’s economy. This year, from
May 26 to June 2, tourism organizations, businesses and other stakeholders are encouraged to bring attention to the economic impact and social benefits of tourism in their community and let decision makers know why #TourismMatters.
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An update from Central Counties Tourism
Central Counties Tourism (CCT) works with the existing tourism offices within the regions of York, Durham, and Headwaters (YDH), in the strategic development and marketing of these regions as a visitor destination. CCT also provides updates on tourism opportunities, events and news targeted to the YDH tourism business community.
Here's the latest scoop on what’s happening:
- The spring version of the Ultimate Road Trip website has launched on YorkDurhamHeadwaters.ca.
- Save the date for CCT’s annual general meeting on June 19. Location and registration information will be available soon.
- Last month’s CCT Annual Symposium was a great success, with members coming together to share ideas, network and hear from industry experts. Congratulations to Dare2Dream Farm, who was the winner of a quarter-page ad in the Globe and Mail, valued at $5,000!
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Launch of ScugogTourism.ca
Congratulations to Scugog Tourism and Lori Bowers, Manager of Communications & Strategic Initiatives at the Township of Scugog for the successful launch of ScugogTourism.ca. The site welcomes tourists, returnees and new residents to explore Scugog’s past and experience their now–from spots where one can simply unwind and enjoy the good life, to the freshest news on upcoming events and trip ideas.
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Forget-Me-Not Alpacas
Just off the Trans Canada Highway/Highway 12 in Beaverton, you’ll find a lovely little place where you can meet Flora, Triumph, Fiona, Finn, Edison and many more. It’s Forget-Me-Not Alpacas, a family run farm situated on 84 acres of farmland. The on-site farm store offers several natural, soft and warm Alpaca products–from luscious yarn and cozy socks, to eco-friendly dryer balls, and handmade hats, scarves and mittens. Nothing truly compares to the softness and warmth of Alpaca fleece! Did you know it was once used to produce elite fibre for Incan royalty?
The Bannon/Derrick family are happy to welcome visitors to the farm and introduce them to the amazing experience of raising these wonderful animals, play with their baby alpacas and even see alpacas for sale.
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APRIL/MAY 2019
Keep these upcoming sport events on your radar!
Take advantage of Sport Durham's monthly sport events radar to ensure that your business is prepared to welcome incoming athletes and visitors to Durham Region during key sport events.
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Eastern Canadian Ringette Championships. Twenty-two teams with more than 400 athletes, coaches and officials from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Campus Ice Centre and other locations in Oshawa.
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Approximately 500 participants; Seaton Trail in Pickering, races start at Pine Ridge High School, Pickering.
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National Coaching Certification Program Super Clinic coming to Durham
A unique one-of-a-kind training event is coming to Oshawa this June. The National Coaching Certification Program Super Clinic will be held at Durham College from
June 7 to 9. Receive training in the National Coaching Certification Program in several different sports and contexts. This Super Clinic provides coaches—from high performance to grassroots—with an opportunity to gain sport-specific technical abilities, plus leadership and decision-making skills, opening doors to new opportunities in both coaching and life. Attendees can tailor their experience, with a range of sport specific and multi-sport workshops at the community, para and competitive level. This is a great opportunity for new or experienced coaches to access sport-specific and multi-sport training workshops, all under one roof!
The Super Clinic is brought to you by the Coaches Association of Ontario, a non-profit organization providing representation and recognition for coaches.
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Connect and engage with Durham Tourism and Sport Durham on our social media pages:
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