The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) is spearheading a province-wide consultation on the Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study completed in 2009. The link below is an invitation to attend and a list of scheduled sessions. Please carefully note the dates of the following session:
May 20 Sudbury
May 21 Thunder Bay
May 22 Sault Ste. Marie
May 29 Muskoka
June 10 Peterborough
For more details on the meeting locations go to: http://www.tiaontario.ca/ConsultationSessions
TIAO has dedicated a section of their website to this initiative. It includes a great deal of information. It can be found at: http://www.tiaontario.ca/tiaolistens
The Link below is a copy of one of several backgrounder documents that will help to enhance the discussion. We encourage you to review this piece. It is entitled MAPPING ONTARIO’S TOURISM FUTURE – A Five-Year Look Back on the Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study: http://www.tiaontario.ca/uploads/TIAO%20Backgrounder%20FINALv2.pdf
Here is a link to some backgrounder documents, including the Sorbara’s report: Discovering Ontario – A Report on the Future of Tourism and Discovering Ontario Implementation Status Placemat. http://www.tiaontario.ca/ReportAndRecommendations
We know that this time of year is very hectic for most of you. NOTO will be attending the Sudbury session. We still encourage you to submit any questions or comments to TIAO to ensure that our industry’s input is reflected in their final reports.
