While Comox Valley Economic Development and Tourism have been providing regular COVID-19 Resource updates to you via Business Comox Valley e-Newsletters, we are also providing tourism industry specific updates as follows:

Comox Valley Business Directory

This directory provides residents an at-a-glance, one-stop source to determine what modified businesses services are available during this difficult time. To register your business now and view current listing, click here.

Restaurant Industry Leadership Conference Calls

Thank you to all the restaurants that have been participating on our weekly Comox Valley Restaurant COVID-19 Leadership Committee conference calls, supported by the BC Restaurant and Food Services team. Next call Tuesday, April 14, 10:30 AM via a GoToMeeting. If you're a restaurant business interested in participating, email ivonne@discovercomoxvalley.com and staff will provide the call details.

Social Distancing and Virtual Things To Do in the Spring

In order to adhere to the health guidelines and mandate to stay home, we are inviting people to explore the Comox Valley later, and instead experience the region virtually as an 'arm-chair' tourist. To help us promote this further, we are encouraging businesses to provide us with their virtual tours, online events and social distancing ideas so we can share on our website. Your ideas and virtual tours can be submitted to visitorcentre@discovercomoxvalley.com or tag us online in your own social media postings (see footer to view channel links). To learn more about social distancing things to do in Comox Valley, click here.

COVID-19 Business Resource Centre

Comox Valley Economic Development and Tourism is updating and maintaining a COVID-19 Business Resource Centre as information is released from all levels of Government and from numerous industry associations including Destination BC.  Click here to view all links and resources and check regularly.

Comox Valley Business Impacts Survey

Comox Valley Economic Development & Tourism knows that the COVID crisis is significantly impacting the tourism industry. To understand and be able to communicate and support a response to these impacts, we launched a  Comox Valley Business Impacts Survey -  click to complete the survey

Tourism Vancouver Island is committed to supporting the survival of nearly 3,500 tourism businesses on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through the launch of the Vancouver Island Coastal Tourism Resiliency Program.

Beginning this week, the Vancouver Island Coastal Tourism Resiliency Program provides Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast tourism businesses (including Indigenous tourism businesses) with meaningful, hands-on guidance and support to navigate the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to work towards long-term resiliency. 

The Vancouver Island Coastal Tourism Resiliency Program includes two components:

To register for the program, tourism businesses on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast can visit the Vancouver Island Coastal Tourism Resiliency Program website at www.victrp.ca or call the program Help Line at 1-855-722-9036.

The program will begin with an introductory webinar this Thursday, April 9, 2020, 9:00 am.