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Destination Northern Ontario is the largest of 13 Regional Tourism Organizations (RTOs) funded by the Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries. We coordinate, align, and invest in sub-regional programs and lead in identified pan-northern management functions.

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Northern Ontario Tourism Training Week is an event in lieu of our traditional summit to engage with industry across the North. We look forward to continue on building new partnerships, new opportunities and exciting developments together.

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Tourism SkillsNet North (TSNN) is a partnered initiative designed to identify specific workforce labour gaps, train up to 300 potential employees and match them with available job opportunities within Northern Ontario’s tourism sector.

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Building on 80+ years of successful fall conferences for the outfitting sector, the Northern Ontario Tourism Summit was developed as a partnership event between Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario and Destination Northern Ontario to bring together tourism businesses, organizations and suppliers as well as all levels of government at a single event to find solutions to challenges facing the industry.

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Visitor Experience Strategy: Parks Canada gets rolling on new product development initiative.

By Stephanie Pagnucco October 3, 2017
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This spring, Parks Canada initiated a Visitor Experience Strategy (VES) to help further define product development and marketing direction for the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) for the next three-five years.  The VES will identify where infrastructure and investment should be placed to ensure a high level of visitor experiences while maintaining a…

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Designing High-Yield Experiences to Showcase Northern Ontario's Unique Stories, Cuisine and Culture

By Stephanie Pagnucco October 3, 2017
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Tourism Excellence North (TEN) is going to be on the road again with a series of innovative workshops this fall and winter in 13C. First up will be an Experiential Travel Training for Operators workshop in Terrace Bay October 30-November 1.  This will be an interactive session for 12 tourism operators which will provide the…

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