Goldie Ghamari - February 27, 2019


Question Period - Supporting Tourism in Ontario

Topics
online tourism strategy consultations
Hosted by
Goldie Ghamari
Mentioned
Speaker Carleton
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Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

163.24

Word count

312

Sentence count

16


Summary

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The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport responds to a question from a member of the House of Commons regarding Ontario's new online tourism strategy consultation. She also provides an update on the results of the survey, and encourages all Ontarians to get online and take part.

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00:00:00.000 Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
00:00:07.680 Late last year, our government for the people announced that Ontario would be developing a new
00:00:12.720 tourism strategy to make us more competitive for tourism operators, more appealing to visitors,
00:00:18.320 and to allow for greater job creation in the industry. In fact, I was very pleased to join
00:00:23.840 the minister this past January at his roundtable in Ottawa, engaging with some of our key stakeholders,
00:00:29.520 including several from my riding of Carleton, like Saunders Farm.
00:00:33.200 But this strategy also includes engaging Ontarians via the government's online tourism strategy.
00:00:40.000 And so through you, Mr. Speaker, can the Minister please provide this House with an update
00:00:44.960 on our government's online tourism strategy consultations?
00:00:48.080 The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
00:00:51.680 Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the member from Carleton for that question.
00:00:55.760 As of yesterday, I'm pleased to report that we've received over 7,000 responses
00:01:02.000 from visitors from Ontario and beyond, industry stakeholders and students from
00:01:06.960 across the province. I'd like to encourage all members of the House to
00:01:10.740 encourage their constituents to get online and take part in this important
00:01:15.860 survey. I'd also like to give a gentle reminder to everyone that you have until
00:01:19.940 the end of the month to submit your ideas. Over the last few months, I have
00:01:24.880 had the chance to meet with tourism stakeholders from all areas of the
00:01:28.480 province and I'm proud to say that part of our consultations have we've heard
00:01:32.500 from stakeholders in Northern Ontario our Indigenous stakeholders and these two
00:01:37.280 sectors Mr. Speaker have an enormous potential for growth response sector in
00:01:42.660 the near future our new tourism strategy will ensure that we encourage growth in
00:01:46.900 this important sector is part of our government's approach to make Ontario
00:01:50.440 open for business and open for jobs.