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The federal government has announced $68.5 million through the Tourism Relief Fund for help businesses and communities safely welcome back visitors, recover from the impacts of the pandemic and prepare for future growth.
As part of this investment, Indigenous Tourism Ontario and eleven Regional Tourism Organizations across Ontario will be able to distribute funding through non-repayable contributions of up to $100,000 to tourism-oriented businesses and organizations to innovate and invest in new and enhanced tourism experiences to attract visitors from within Canada and around the world.
This investment will support up to 1,300 tourism entities and create or maintain up to 4,100 jobs.
$3-million dollars will go to Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization for Renfrew County, Lanark County, Frontenac County, Lennox and Addington County; Hastings County, Haliburton County, Belleville, Quinte West, South Algonquin and Trenval.
The application portal for the Tourism Relief Fund remains open on the FedDev Ontario website and interested organizations are encouraged to apply online.
(written by: Rudy Kadlec)
