Ontario government supports Francophone tourism
Friday, May 05, 2006
Francophone tourism operators, including those in Northern Ontario, are getting support from the McGuinty government to attract more visitors and business, Tourism Minister Jim Bradley announced. Ontario has a Francophone heritage and history of interest to tourists from Quebec and France.
Francophone tourism operators from Northern Ontario were the first to highlight this tourism asset and today, with le grand Rendez-vous, we are bringing together tourism operators from all over Ontario to develop our Francophone product and increase economic prosperity in our communities, said Bradley.
The Ontario government is providing Destination Nord de l`Ontario with $10,000 to support the cost of hosting this first province-wide Francophone tourism conference. The conference, which runs from May 4 to May 6 in Sudbury, will provide tourism operators and associations with opportunities to understand the Francophone market, develop new networks, and increase their knowledge of product development and marketing.
We have nearly 400 years of Francophone history in Ontario, said Destination Nord Executive Director Nicole Guertin. We intend to create absolutely unique attractions, from the Circuit of Champlain which follows the route the great explorer took in 1613-1615, to L`Echo d`un peuple, the megashow featuring 300 volunteers in Casselman, Ontario.
Our government is on the side of Northern Ontarians and the Francophone community, added Bradley. That`s why we`ve provided $93 million over three years to the Northern Ontario School of Medicine with campuses in Sudbury and Thunder Bay, and provided $15 million in funding to support public libraries, including those serving Francophone, rural, northern and First Nation communities.
Michael Verikios
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Friday, May 05, 2006
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