Ottawa: The Helena Jaczek, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced a Government of Canada investment of $68.5 million to support Indigenous Tourism Ontario and 11 Regional Tourism Organizations (RTOs) in southern Ontario.

This support, provided through the Government of Canada’s Tourism Relief Fund, delivered by FedDev Ontario, will allow the following not-for-profit organizations to provide non-repayable contributions of up to $100,000 to tourism businesses and organizations, to help them develop new and enhanced products and services to attract visitors and prepare for future growth

This investment is pending successful completion of signed contribution agreements.

This builds on a FedDev Ontario investment of $6.6 million for ITO and some RTOs at the beginning of the pandemic, to help the region’s tourism sector in adapting to the impacts of COVID-19.

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