BC aboriginal tourism marketers seek global visitors in fast-growing industry – BiV

April 24, 2015

Sector has drawn interest from international counterparts who seek to emulate sector’s success

British Columbia First Nations’ success at marketing tourism is drawing attention from counterparts globally who increasingly pay to have B.C. representatives visit their countries to share knowledge.

Aboriginal tourism marketers from around the world are also increasingly attending aboriginal tourism conferences held in Canada, to better understand how B.C. First Nations have rapidly expanded their participation in the industry.

Back in 2001, 892 aboriginal tourism businesses employed the equivalent of about 13,000 full-time workers in Canada. That has mushroomed to 1,527 businesses with the equivalent of 26,029 full-time employees, according to Aboriginal Tourism Association of Canada (ATAC) statistics.

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