Government of Canada Supports Festival du Bois
MAILLARDVILLE, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Feb. 12, 2010) – On interest of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, currently voiced which the Government of Canada, by the Marquee Tourism Events Program, is investing some-more than $100 000 to await Festival du Bois, an annual family eventuality celebrating French-Canadian history.
“This is sparkling headlines for all concerned in Festival du Bois,” pronounced Minister Moore. “The appropriation from the government’s Marquee Tourism Events Program will assistance accelerate tourism, emanate jobs and kindle the internal economy.”
Festival du Bois facilities live song performances, workshops, children’s activities, art exhibitions and a accumulation of normal culinary offerings. The sovereign appropriation will assistance the legal holiday turn an determined informative and traveller captivate in the Greater Vancouver Area by enhancing selling and promotional efforts to capture both made at home and general visitors to the eventuality and surrounding areas.
“Festival du Bois severely appreciates this await from the Marquee Tourism Events Program,” pronounced Richard Soumis, President, Festival du Bois. “These supports will capacitate us to yield larger prominence for the eventuality and denote the energetic Francophonie offerings of both the segment and the province.”
Through the Marquee Tourism Events Program, the Government of Canada is investing $100 million over dual years to await events opposite the country. The module will assistance organizers enhance the strech of their events and foster Canada as a must-see traveller end to visitors from around the globe.
The Marquee Tourism Events Program is one of multiform tourism-related programs voiced in Canada’s Economic Action Plan. These programs yield measures to await Canada’s economy, kindle the expansion of tourism and minister to the growth of Canada’s caller manage to buy over the prolonged term. They include:
- $150 million over dual years for inhabitant parks and ancestral sites; and
- $40 million over dual years to the Canadian Tourism Commission for made at home and general marketing.
For some-more report on the Marquee Tourism Events Program, greatfully revisit the Canada’s Economic Action Plan website (www.actionplan.gc.ca).
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