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Federal Tourism Minister Announces Growth Strategy in Niagara Falls

Feds want Canada recognized as a top global destination

Canada's Federal Tourism Minister was in Niagara Falls yesterday announcing a new tourism growth strategy entitled Canada 365. 

Randy Boissonnault says the new strategy will unleash the full potential of Canadian tourism and cement the country as a top global destination. 

In a release, the government says they'll achieve that by investing in the country's tourism assets, embracing recreation and the great outdoors, partnering to grow indigenous tourism, attracting more events and improving coordination through a federal ministerial council. 
  
He was joined at the news conference outside Table Rock House by local MP's Chris Bittle and Vance Badawey.

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