Introducing Bannikin Travel & Tourism
Grey County Tourism Destination Development Action Plan
Grey County, working with RTO7, has awarded the contract for the development of the second Destination Development Action Plan (DDAP) to Bannikin Travel & Tourism. Bannikin is a travel marketing and destination development firm based in Toronto, with strong experience in outdoor, cultural and experiential tourism both in Canada and abroad. In Canada, Bannikin has worked with New Brunswick Tourism, Southwest Ontario Tourism Corporation and Nunavut Tourism among others, and around the world from Greenland to Namibia, with private companies such as Wilderness North, PureQuest Adventures and Exodus Travels.
You might be interested to know the word 'Bannikin' (as found in an old Newfoundland dictionary) means 'small tin cup,' and according to their team, represents experiencing travel in a real way, with a local perspective.
In order to compile the DDAP, Bannikin has created a small team to conduct research, do interviews and host a stakeholder workshop on February 2nd, 2016 (details to follow).
Their goal is to create a strong, living action plan that will guide Grey County as we continue developing a robust four season tourism industry and set the ground work for successful execution with internal partners and external stakeholders.
Bannikin will keep us up to date by posting regularly in this newsletter, and if you have any questions about the process, please contact Jillian Dickens directly at jillian@bannikin.com.
As Bannikin reaches out to you, we appreciate any support you can provide as they put together this important report. The final DDAP will be ready at the end of March 2016.
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