March 13, 2019
1 Marketing 411 – Prescott - Marketing Collaboration Day
Time Presentation Presenter Organization/Title 1:00 pm Greeting from the Mayor of Prescott Brett Todd Town of Prescott, Mayor 1:05 Town of Prescott Dana Valentyne Town of Prescott, Economic Development Officer Katie Forrester Town of Prescott, Tourism Coordinator
1:30 Regional Tourism - Ontario Blair Harris Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport Bonnie Ruddock RTO 9, Executive Director Steve Weir RTO 9, Marketing & Communications Manager
1:50 Regional Tourism - International Corey Fram 1000 Islands International Tourism Council Sarah Purdy Ogdensburg City Manager
2:15 Destination Marketing Katherine Hobbs Brockville Tourism, Manager 2:45 Refreshment Break All 3:00 Parks Canada Juan Sanchez Parks Canada, Fort Wellington Site Manager 3:20 Use of Social Media for Messaging Lindsay Medeiros RTO 9, Digital Marketing Specialist 3:40 Q & A All 4:00 Wrap-up Dana Valentyne Town of Prescott, Economic Development Officer
2 Regional Tourism Unit
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Blair Harris Tourism Industry Advisor [email protected] Tel.: (613)-531-5581
Check out the Regions; Tourism Research etc. on the Ministry’s Tourism Sector Web Site: http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/tourism/tourism.shtml
Grants Ontario - enroll your org. / business www.Grants.gov.on.ca
Free Tourism Business Listings; Free Festival & Event Listings; and Free Experiential Package Listings through Destination Ontario: https://www.tourismpartners.com/en/partnership-opportunities/listings-and-packages
3 Regional Tourism Organization 9
RTO 9: 1. Funded by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. 2. Actively promotes tourism for the region 3. Works to support and grow the tourism industry through product development initiatives.
4 Vision To be recognized as the leading strategic tourism partner by destinations in our region.
Our Mission Foster successful destinations in RTO 9 that set the standard in Ontario.
5 2018-2019 Priorities
1. Change from a marketing to a management organization
2. Big regional data gathering and research
3. Focus on product development, both new and existing (enhancing)
6 2018-2019 Pillars (MTCS)
1. Product Development 2. Investment Attraction/Investor Relations 3. Workforce Development and Training 4. Marketing 5. Partnerships
7 The Role of the DMO/DMP/RTO Destination Canada
Destination Ontario (Provincial DMO)
RTOs
Community © DMOs
8 Inbound Tourism in Canada at a glance
9 Two-thirds of visitors to Canada enter through Ontario
Why Canada's tourism industry is finally heating up again, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/travel-canada-numbers-1.4682484 10 Top 10 Canadian cities visited by the top inbound countries
TIAC, Visa 2017 Summer Travel Snapshot, 2017, https://tiac- aitc.ca/_Library/TIAC_Publications/Visa_Canada_Travel_Snapshot_Summer_2017_ONLINE.pdf 11 Ontario travellers represented 85% of total tourism visits in Ontario in 2016 Ontario Tourism Visits by Origin 140,000
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Ontario Ministry of Tourism Culture and Sport 12 The US Market
13 US outbound travel
• By 2017 travel reached an all-time high 80.2 million
• Mexico remains the largest country for travellers with 31.2 million travellers
• Followed by Canada with 13.9m
ITB Berlin, Boom or bust? Where is Tourism Heading, 2018, https://www.itb- kongress.de/media/itb/itb_dl_all/itb_presse_all/ITB_WTTR_A4_2018_interaktiv.pdf
14 US tourists arriving in Canada
• More than 14.3 million Americans visited Canada in 2017 • Continued expansion of air capacity between Canada and the US in 2017 • American tourists travel to Ontario most often, with Toronto and Niagara Falls the most visited destinations
Destination Canada, March 2018, https://www.destinationcanada.com/sites/default/files/archive/725-Tourism%20Snapshot%20- %20March%202018/TourismSnapshot-Mar2018_EN.pdf 15 Surge sees highest US arrivals numbers
Destination Canada, Tourism Snapshot, March 2018, https://www.destinationcanada.com/sites/default/files/archive/725-Tourism%20Snapshot%20- %20March%202018/TourismSnapshot-Mar2018_EN.pdf 16 Culinary Tourism
17 FOOD : #1 Motivator
Travel trends for 2017, 2017, https://www.trekksoft.com/en/blog/7-travel-trends-for-2017- that-will-drive-the-global-tourism-industry 18 The typical wine and culinary enthusiast is older and more affluent than the average Canadian tourist
~ 2.4 million tourists visited Ontario wineries in 2015, up from 1.9 million in 2011
Menumag, Canadian Culinary Tourism, 2017, http://menumag.ca/2017/02/15/1739/, Winery & Grower Alliance of Ontario 19 Food tourism tends to overlap with other forms of tourism including cultural activities
Tams study, 2006, quoted in OCTA’s Rise of Food Tourism Report 20 Entertainment, Culture & Heritage
21 Global cultural tourism has an estimated direct benefit of $625 billion dollars to the global economy
$625 Billion
UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, DNSW, MTR estimates 22 Cultural Tourism
UNWTO, Tourism and Culture Synergies, 2018, https://www.e- unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284418978
UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, DNSW, MTR estimates
23 Indigenous Tourism
Huffington Post, Canada Is Tuning Into Aboriginal Tourism, 2017, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/adrian-brijbassi/canada-aboriginal-tourism_b_14328204.html 24 RTO9 works with each of our destinations to get its messages out. Iconic brands that are recognized in South Eastern Ontario
Prince Edward County Rideau Canal Gananoque 1000 Islands Kingston
Brockville, Bay of Quinte, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac County, Kemptville, Cornwall and Stormont Dundas Glengarry Counties Prescott
25 Business Listings Tourismtalk.ca
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32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Bonnie Ruddock Executive Director [email protected] 613 344-2095 ex.101
Steve Weir Marketing & Communications Manager [email protected] Thank You! 613 344-2095 ex.103
Lindsay Medeiros Digital Marketing Specialist [email protected] 613 344-2095 ex.104
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