Can you believe November is upon us? It's been an amazing fall in Manitoba and it has extended the tourism season for many rural businesses. Did someone say El Nino was bringing with it a mild winter? There's hope that it brings lots of snow for the influx of snowmobilers this year. Recently, we were excited to learn that the Eastern Region received a Bronze Award for favorite place for families to snowmobile in the 17th annual SnoRiders Magazine – Rider's Choice Awards. An honor indeed for all our hard-working clubs in the Eastern Region! You'll hear more about an exciting snowmobiling tourism product that we're working on in the months ahead so stay tuned. Also for your interest, Eastman Tourism's article 'A Tourism Perspective' was published in Snoriders Magazine's fall issue.
Read on to learn more about a translation grant, tourism development, and special offers to our partners.
Snowriders vintage snowmobile ride in St. Malo Provincial Park.
Translation Grant
The government of Canada's Ministry of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages is offering a grant program to assist in funding to support qualified non-profits access to translation services for events and publications. The Support for Interpretation and Translation grant, if approved, will cover up to 50% of the cost of eligible expenses to a maximum of $5000. Examples of relevant projects include:
- Costs associated with hiring and bringing simultaneous translators to an event (ex. professional fees, travel costs, and translation equipment)
- Costs associated with sending a document out for translation (ex. Professional translation fees for an annual report or advocacy paper)
For more information, please see the translation grant applicant's guide.
Scott Campbell working the camera at Grunthal Berries for our Jammin' in the Heartland experience released spring of 2016.
Experiential tourism is all the buzz
A special offer to our partners in tourism!
Developing tourism products and services that appeal to target markets is crucial as today's travelers seek more compelling experiences. Tourism products and services should engage visitors, tap into their passions, connect them with locals, increase social interaction and shared experiences, and provide opportunities to learn through authentic experiences.
Eastman Tourism has partnered with Manitoba Tourism Education Council (MTEC) to bring the Experiential Tourism training to your region. This one day workshop will engage participants in understanding the concept of experiential travel and how to work and partner with tourism organizations, tourism coordinators, other tourism attractions/operators and local businesses to create travel experiences specifically oriented to Manitoba tourism markets and target audiences.
At this one day workshop you will:
-Learn how experiential learning can be used to develop intimate and engaging visitor programs,
-Explore successful approaches for developing quality visitor experiences,
-Explore opportunities for partnerships both within and beyond your community for developing sustainable tourism offerings,
-Learn how to ensure your experiential visitor program appeals to travelers.
This workshop is suited for:
- Tourism coordinators whose objective it is to develop the tourism industry and partnerships that attract visitors to their community, destination, or region. Participation in this workshop would be beneficial to those who are unfamiliar with, or would like an update on the concepts of Experiential Travel.
- Tourism attractions and operators who want to add a new experiential layer to their offerings by developing mutually beneficial partnerships and who are unfamiliar with, or would like an update on the concepts of Experiential Travel.
- Local area businesses and community organizations who are looking for opportunities to participate in experiential travel opportunities but who are unfamiliar with, or would like an update on the concepts of Experiential Travel.
- Local champions who are looking to develop an experiential travel partnership network or introduce the concepts of experiential travel to their existing partnership networks.
When: November 17, 2015, 9:30am-4:00pm
Where: Sunova Room, Sun Gro Centre, 360 Veterans Lane, Beausejour, MB
Cost: $35 Members $45 Non-Members
Catered lunch by our partner in tourism, Le Beau Cafe & Fudgerie.
To register for this workshop or learn more about developing experiential tourism, contact Jenny at 204-451-1757 or admin@eastmantourism.ca.
Membership has its privileges
Partnering with Eastman Tourism has its benefits. This past year Eastman Tourism implemented a paid membership and the support from RMs, towns and individual businesses has been amazing! They have joined together to support tourism as an economic pillar in their communities. Travel Manitoba projections for the year 2017 will see an influx of visitors to 1.7 billion and by 2020 a $2 billion industry through their development of a provincial tourism strategy. Now is the time to invest in tourism as we ride the wave of the award winning brand - Manitoba, Canada's Heart Beats!
For more information on membership click here. Membership runs January 1 to December 31, 2016. Now is the time to join! We have some great opportunities coming in 2016 that you don't want to miss.
A huge "Thank You" to our partners!
And numerous businesses, organizations, events, festivals and museums.
Part two of the Jammin' in the Heartland filming at one of our member's business, Thistle Lane Guest House near Grunthal. Just one example of our partnership.
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