QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. TOURISM STRATEGY 2009 Prepared for: Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation Klemtu, BC Prepared by: Sean Kerrigan EcoPeak Consulting Courtenay, BC
[email protected] Disclaimer This report was commissioned by the Ecosystem-Based Management Working Group (EBM WG) to provide information to support full implementation of EBM. The conclusions and recommendations in this report are exclusively the authors’, and may not reflect the values and opinions of EBM WG members. Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation Tourism Strategy 2 Final Draft - March 2009 Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Executive Summary 1.1 Document Background 1.2 Philosophical Statements and Principles 1.3 Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation Business Structure 1.4 Land and Marine Use Plans and Environmental Protocol 1.5 Opportunities 1.6 Challenges 1.7 Tourism Structure 1.7.1 Spirit Bear Adventures Ltd 1.7.2 Tourism Management 1.8 Potential Tourism Development 1.8.1 Development Matrix – Spirit Bear Adventures 1.8.2 Development Matrix – Tourism Management Values and Objectives 2. Philosophical Statements and Principles 2.1 Values 2.2 Goals 2.3 Objectives 2.4 Strategy Background 3. Inventory of Existing Conditions 3.1 Social Inventory 3.2 Potential Threats to Community Values 3.3 Kitasoo/Xai’xais Economy 3.4 Environmental Inventory 3.4.1 Common Forest Inventory 3.4.2 Wildlife Habitat 3.4.2.1 Critical wildlife map 3.4.2.2 Wildlife inventories 3.4.3 Critical tourism areas 3.4.3.1 Maps of Operating Areas 3.5 Baseline of Resource Development 3.5.1 Forestry 3.5.2 Tourism Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation Tourism Strategy 3 Final Draft - March 2009 3.5.3 Mining 3.5.4 Aqua Culture 3.6 Existing Tourism Products 3.6.1 Attractions (Table) 3.6.2 Tours and Activities 3.6.3 Tourism Facilities and Infrastructure 3.6.4 Tourism Related Transportation 3.6.5 Tour Operators That Currently Utilize the Area 4.