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The Indigenous tourism and cultural business in Yukon is getting a boost from the Canadian and Yukon governments
YUKON – The Yukon’s Indigenous tourism and culture industry is getting a boost of federal funding.
On August 9, 2023, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, PrairiesCan and CanNor; the Honourable John Streicker, Minister of Tourism and Culture for the Government of Yukon; the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages; and Dr. Brendan Hanley, Member of Parliament for the Yukon announced nearly $2.1 million invested into the Yukon’s Indigenous tourism and culture industries.
The federal government is contributing $975,000, while the territorial government is contributing $1.1 million.
These funds will go to support the Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association over three years and started in 2022. This support will help deliver programs and initiatives that help strengthen and promote the Yukon’s First Nations culture and tourism industries.
The goal of these investments is to enhance Yukon First Nation’s involvement in the tourist industry, as well as raise awareness, demand, and sales of Indigenous products and experiences as more Canadians and people from around the world visit the Yukon and everything it has to offer.
This investment builds on earlier CanNor financing, which supported a wide range of market-ready activities, and indicates a continuous commitment to the future expansion of Yukon’s sustainable and varied Indigenous tourism and cultural industries. It also coincides with the Yukon Government’s Tourism Development Strategy and Creative Potential: Advancing the Yukon’s Creative and Cultural Industries, a 10-year strategy to promote the territory’s creative and cultural industries’ growth and development.
