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Canadian Rural Information Service
1-888-757-8725
Rural Tourism Pathfinder
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The focus of this pathfinder is on business opportunities in the rural tourism industry. It provides information on industry associations, Government programs, tourism departments and agencies, tourism resource centers and a bibliography. In this context, rural tourism includes farm vacations, country vacations, ecotourism, wilderness and adventure tourism.
For tourism information on how to plan a vacation to rural and remote Canada, consult the Canadian Rural Information Service (CRIS) Travel to Rural Canada pathfinder Internet: http://www.rural.gc.ca/cris/tourism/tour_e.phtml
This guide is a growing document, we welcome suggestions for additions. Please contact us at cris@agr.gc.ca
Associations and Organizations |
Les associations touristiques régionales
Member list.
Internet: http://www.bonjourquebec.com/mto/repertoires/atr/atr.html
Canadian Resort Development Association
1240 Bay Street, Suite 807
Toronto, Ontario M5R 2A7
Tel: (416) 960-4930 Fax: (416) 923-8348
E-mail: crda@istar.ca
Internet: http://www.crda.com/
Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council
151 Slater St., Suite 608 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3
Tel: (613) 231-6949 Fax: (613) 231-6853
E-mail: info@cthrc.ca
Internet: http://www.cthrc.ca/eng
Member List:
Internet:
http://www.cthrc.ca/eng/page.aspx?_id=list_of_members.htm
Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia
Suite 100- 535 Thurlow Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3L2
Tel.: (604) 685-5956 Fax: (604) 685-5915
E-mail: info@cotabc.com
Internet: http://www.cotabc.com/
Hotel Association of Canada (HAC)
130 Albert Street, Suite 1206 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4
Tel: (613) 237-7149 Fax: (613) 237-8928
E-mail: info@hotelassociation.ca
Internet: http://www.hotelassociation.ca/
Northern Ontario Native Tourism Association
710 Victoria Ave E. Suite 200
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7C 5P7
Tel: (807) 623-0497 Fax: (807) 623-0498
E-mail: info@nonta.net
Internet: http://www.nonta.net/
Saskatchewan Nature and Ecotourism Association
RR3 Site 307 Comp 9
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan S6V 5R1
Tel.: (306) 653-0984
E-mail: b.muir@sasktel.net
Internet: http://www.ecotourism.sk.ca/index.htm
Tourism Industry Association of Canada
130 Albert St., Suite 803 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4
Tel: (613) 238-3883 Fax: (613) 238-3878
E-mail: info@tiac-aitc.ca
Internet: http://www.tiac-aitc.ca/english/welcome.asp
Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia
1099 Marginal Road, Suite 201
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4P7
Tel.: 1-800-948-4267
Internet: http://www.tians.org/
Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon
#3-1109 First Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5G4
Tel: (867) 668-3331
Fax: (867) 667-7379
E-mail: tiayukon@klondiker.com Internet: http://www.tiayukon.com/
Agrotourisme - Ministère de l'Agriculture, Pêcheries et Alimentation Québec.
Internet: http://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/Fr/Restauration/ Services/agrotourisme/
Alberta Ag-Tourism - Alberta Agriculture and Food
Internet: http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/ deptdocs.nsf/all/apa547?opendocument
Tourism Development - Starting and Running a Tourism Business - Alberta Advantage
Internet: http://www.alberta-canada.com/tourism/tourismDevelopment/ startingTourismBusiness.cfm
Agritourism InfoBasket - British Columbia Agriculture and Lands
Internet: http://infobasket.gov.bc.ca/portal/server.pt? space=CommunityPage&parentname= CommunityPage&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=285&PageID=0
Starting a Bed and Breakfast - Canada Business
The following is intended to provide an understanding of potential license, permit or registration requirements when considering the establishment of a bed and breakfast in Canada. This document was prepared by Canada Business and contains a series of possible steps and issues to consider in carrying out your project.
Internet: http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer? pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideHowto&cid=1099483437684&lang=en
Rural Tourism - Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Rural Tourism development is an economic development strategy considered by many rural and small town
communities as a key means of improving the local economy.
E-mail: harold.flaming@mah.gov.on.ca
Internet: http://www.reddi.gov.on.ca/ruraltourism.htm
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Provincial Tourism Departments and Agencies |
Alberta Economic Development, Tourism Development Branch
6th Floor, Commerce Place
10155-102 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 4L6
Telephone: (780) 415-1319
Fax: (780) 427-0778
E-mail: Tourism.Development@gov.ab.ca
Internet: http://www.alberta-canada.com/td/
Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism
155 Carlton Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3H8
Tel.: 1-800-665-0040
Fax: (204) 945-2302
Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/
Ministère du Tourisme Québec
Direction des Communications
900 René-Lévesque Est
Bureau 400
Québec, Québec G1R 2B5
Tel: 1 800 482-2433 Fax: (418) 646-8723
E-mail: info@tourisme.gouv.qc.ca
Internet: http://www.bonjourquebec.com/mto/index.asp
New Brunswick Department of Tourism and Parks
Tourism and Parks
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
Tel: (506) 444-5205
Fax: (506) 457-4984
E-mail: taptourweb@gnb.ca
Internet: http://www.gnb.ca/0397/index-e.asp
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
P.O. Box 8700 St. John's, NL A1B 4J6
Tel: (709) 729-0862 or 1-800-563-6353
Fax: (709) 729-0870
E-mail: tcrinfo@mail.gov.nl.ca
Internet: http://www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/
Northwest Territories Industry, Tourism and Development
Government of the Northwest Territories
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Internet: http://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/
Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture
World Trade Centre, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 456, 1800 Argyle Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2R5
Tel: (902) 424-5000 Fax: (902) 490-5973
E-mail: tns@gov.ns.ca
Internet: http://www.gov.ns.ca/dtc/
Government of Nunavut Tourism
Internet: http://www.gov.nu.ca/Nunavut/English/tourism/
Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation
Hearst Block, 9th Floor, 900 Bay Street,
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2R9
Tel: (416) 326-9326 Fax: (416) 326-9338
E-mail: General_Info@mtr.gov.on.ca
Internet: http://www.tourism.gov.on.ca/english/
Prince Edward Island Department of Tourism
P.O. Box 2000, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N8
Tel: (902) 368-4801 Fax: (902) 368-5277
Internet: http://www.gov.pe.ca/tourism/index.php3
Tourism Saskatchewan
1922 Park Street Regina, SK S4N 7M4
Tel: (306) 787-9600 or 1-877-237-2273 Fax: (306) 787-5744
E-mail: travel.info@sasktourism.com
Internet: http://www.sasktourism.com/default.asp?page=101
Tourism British Columbia
802 - 865 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC
V6Z 2G3
Tel: (604) 660-3757
Internet: http://www.tourism.bc.ca/
Yukon Department of Tourism and Culture
P.O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
Tel.: (867) 667-5036
Fax: (867) 667-3546
E-mail: touryukon@gov.yk.ca
Internet: http://www.btc.gov.yk.ca/
Canada Business
Canada Business is a government information service for businesses and start-up entrepreneurs in Canada. The Canada Business Network is operated through a variety of collaborative arrangements with provincial and territorial governments and, in some cases, not-for-profit organizations.
Internet: http://canadabusiness.gc.ca/gol/cbec/ site.nsf/en/index.html
Canadian Tourism Research Institute
"The Canadian Tourism Research Institute (CTRI) is a separately funded division of The Conference
Board of Canada, Canada's leading independent not-for-profit research institution. Tourism
businesses can pick from a range of products and services that best meets their needs for
information."
The Conference Board of Canada
Canadian Tourism Research Institute
255 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M7
Tel: (613) 562-3280 Fax: (613) 526-4857
Internet: http://www.conferenceboard.ca:80/ctri
Centre for Tourism Policy and Research
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
Tel: (604) 291-3074 Fax: (604) 291-4968
E-mail: peterw@sfu.ca
Internet: http://www.sfu.ca/~dossa/
Tourisme Québec Documentation Centre
900 René Lévesque Blvd. East
4th floor
Québec City, Québec G1R 2B5
Tel.: (418) 643-5090 Fax: (418) 644-7514
E-mail: centre_doc@tourisme.gouv.qc.ca
Internet: http://www.bonjourquebec.com/mto/services/centredoc/
Yukon Tourism Industry Resource Centre
100 Hanson Street
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 2C6
Tel.: (867) 667-3053 or 1-800-661-0408 (within Yukon)
E-mail: tirc@yknet.yk.ca
Internet: http://www.tirc.gov.yk.ca/
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Glossaries, Journal Articles and Books |
To obtain copies of print documents or journal issues contact the publisher. Your local library may have these items available in their collection or it may be possible to arrange an interlibrary loan.
Glossaries
Glossary - Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Internet: http://www.tiac-aitc.ca/english/glossary.asp
Helpful Agricultural Tourism (Agri-tourism) Definitions - University of California, Small Farm Center
Internet: http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/agritourism/definition.html
Bibliographies
Agricultural Tourism Project. University of California, Small Farm Center.
Internet: http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/agritourism/agritour.html
Promoting Tourism in Rural America Rural Information Center, USDA
Internet: http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/tourism.html
Rural and agritourism: a bibliography. Canadian Tourism Commission. November 1999.
Rural Tourism: An Annotated Bibliography Rural Information Center, USDA
Internet:
http://ric.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=5&tax_level=2&tax_subject=211&topic_id=1169
Tourism resources Rural Information Center, USDA
Internet: http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ruralres/tourism.htm
Journal Articles
Beshiri, Roland. Tourism Employment in Rural Canada . Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin, Vol.5, No.8 (January 2005)
Internet: http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/21-006-XIE/21-006-XIE2004008.pdf
Beshiri, Roland. A Visit to Canada's countryside: rural tourism . Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin, Vol.6, No.5 (July 2005)
Internet: http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/21-006-XIE/21-006-XIE2005005.pdf
Caron, Denise "Quand tout un village devient un 'produit touristique'" Les
cahiers du développement locale. Vol.2, Nos.2-3, March 1994, p13-14.
Davies, E.T. and David Gilbert. "Planning and Marketing of Tourism: A case study of the developments of farm tourism in Wales" Tourism Management, Vol.13, No.1, March 1992, p56-63.
Lane, Bernard. "What Is Rural Tourism?" Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Vol.2, Nos.1-2, 1994, p7-21.
Lessard, Louis. "Une cohabitation harmonieuse entre le monde agricole et le
tourisme" Les cahiers du développement locale. Vol.2, Nos.2-3, mars 1994, p10-11.
Vézina, Anne. "L'écotourisme : pile et face" Franc-vert Vol. 14, No.3, June-July 1997, p. 26-27.
Wilson, Suzanne; Fesenmaier, Daniel R; Fesenmaier, Julie; van Es, John. "Factors for Success in Rural Tourism Development" Journal of Travel Research. Vol. 40 issue 2, Nov. 2001, p. 132-139.
Wood, Chris. "Call of the Wild: the new frontier of travel, ecotourism aims to stretch the mind, body and soul" Maclean's, Vol. 111, No.27, July 6, 1998, p.44-48.
Books
Bruce, David and Margaret Whitla (eds.) Tourism Strategies for Rural Development. Sackville, New Brunswick: Rural and Small Town Programme, 1993, 53 pages.
Butler, Richard W., C. Michael Hall and John Jenkins (eds.) Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas. Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, 274 pages.
Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation. Agri-tourism and rural recreation: a resource workbook for businesses in the Chilliwack area. Chilliwack, B.C. : Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation, 2000.
Cultivating Agritourism: Tools and Techniques for Building Success . [Ottawa]: Canadian Farm Business Management Council.
Internet: http://farmcentre.com/english/products/ product_master.htm?id=127
Church, Nancy and Lise Héroux. Tourism Marketing for Rural Communities:
Developing a Strategic Marketing Plan, Good Idea Series #3, co-published by the Rural and Small Town Programme, Sackville, New Brunswick, and Econotrends Limited, St. Eugene, Ontario, 1994, 102 pages.
Environmental Economic International- Environmental Communication Options. Eco-Tourism and Adventure Tourism Discussion Paper from the Eco-tourism Industry Focus Group. Ottawa: FedNor, 2001.
Internet: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ fednor-fednor.nsf/en/fn00776e.html
Fairburn, Maria. Thinking of starting in rural tourism? : a resource book.
Wellington, New Zealand: MAF Agriculture Policy technical paper: 94/16, 1994.
Internet: http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/ profitability-and-economics/emerging-industries/ rural-tourism/httoc.htm
Hall, Derek; Roberts, Lesley and Morag Mitchell. New directions in rural tourism. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2003, 256 pages.
Heritage Canada. New Life for Rural Regions: Taking a Heritage Approach. Ottawa: Heritage Canada Foundation, 1995, 30 pages.
Héroux, Lise and Nancy Church. Tourism Marketing for Rural Communities: Planning the Promotional Mix, Good Idea Series #4, co-published by the Rural and Small Town Programme, Sackville, New Brunswick, and Econotrends Limited, St. Eugene, Ontario, 1994, 95 pages.
Kidney, Dave. Agri-tourism: rural festivals and special events.Edmonton: Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 2001. 10 pages.
Ministère de l'Agriculture, Pêcheries et Alimentation Québec.
Pense-bête de l'agrotourisme. [Québec]: Gouvernement du Québec, 2005
Internet: http://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/Fr/Restauration/ Services/agrotourisme/pense_bete/pense_bete.htm
Reid, Donald. Visiting your future: a community guide to planning rural tourism. Guelph, ON : School of Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph, 2001.
Sharpley, Richard and Julia Sharpley. Rural tourism: an introduction. London: International Thomson Business Press, 1997, 165 pages.
Tourisme Québec. Nature et tourisme l'écotourisme au Québec 2002. [Québec: Tourisme Québec, 2002]
Internet: http://www.bonjourquebec.com/mto/publications/ pdf/etudes/eco_QC02rapport.pdf
Agricultural Tourism Operation Fact Sheets . University of California, Small Farm Center.
Internet: http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/agritourism/factsheets.html
Rural Tourism Development Case Studies. St Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension Service, 2001. 1 videocassette.
Internet: http://shop.extension.umn.edu/ PublicationDetail.aspx?ID=643
Q and A about rural tourism development: Based on the audience questions from the Turn it around with tourism teleconference. Tourism Center University of Minnesota, 2002.
Internet: http://www.tourism.umn.edu/education/ctd/qa/
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