'I don’t understand why the entire government doesn’t see Indigenous tourism as such an important contribution, not only to the economy but also reconciliation in general,' says Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada CEO
The Indigenous tourism industry has been “destabilized” by the lack of targeted dollars in the 2023 federal budget that was tabled last week, says Keith Henry, CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada .
As for the $108 million over three years to regional development agencies, past policy practice has seen Indigenous tourism get 10 per cent of that, but that’s not specified in the budget document. Federal budget allocations from 2021 and 2022, including money from the tourism relief fund and $2.2 million from Destination Canada, helped form the bulk of the $12 million ITAC administered in 2022 “to stabilize our sector and continue building it,” said Henry.
Henry said Boissonnault was “very surprised” by ITAC’s reaction to the budget “because he thinks there’s been some important investments.” For this new fiscal year, ITAC will have an approximate budget of $17 million, with about $12 million of that coming from current federally committed dollars.
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