Metropolis of Barrie gained two Awards of Excellence from Financial Improvement Council of Ontario throughout current convention in Toronto
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CITY OF BARRIE
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The Metropolis of Barrie gained two Awards of Excellence from the Financial Improvement Council of Ontario (EDCO) on the 68th annual Convention and Showcase, which came about Feb. 4-6 in Toronto.
2024 Barrie Airshow – Customer Attraction and Tourism Product Improvement
Sport Tourism Technique – Planning and Strategic Improvement
“Congratulations to town’s Make investments Barrie and Recreation and Tradition groups and our group companions on profitable two Awards of Excellence from the Financial Improvement Council of Ontario,” mentioned Mayor Alex Nuttall. “This recognition actually highlights the excellent efforts in enhancing Barrie’s attraction as a vacationer vacation spot. These achievements are commendable and replicate the dedication and exhausting work of everybody concerned.”
The EDCO Awards of Excellence is an annual program that acknowledges distinctive concepts and initiatives that may grow to be financial growth finest practices of the long run. Recipients of the EDCO Awards of Excellence are considered as leaders in financial growth and infrequently requested to current their efforts and accomplishments at talking engagements, together with the EDCO Convention and Showcase.
In regards to the 2024 Barrie Airshow
The Metropolis of Barrie, Canadian Forces Base Borden, County of Simcoe, Lake Simcoe Regional Airport and the Downtown Barrie BIA organized and hosted the 2024 Barrie Airshow, offered by Pratt Houses, over two days in June of 2024.
The free occasion introduced almost 140,000 attendees to the shores of Kempenfelt Bay and downtown Barrie, contributing over $11.3 million to the native economic system.
For particulars on the 2025 Barrie Airshow, go to barrie.ca/Airshow.
In regards to the Sport Tourism Technique
Sport Tourism is the quickest rising section within the tourism business globally and a $7.4-billion market in Canada, in line with Sport Tourism Canada. In Barrie, town’s tourism grasp plan identifies the event of a sport tourism technique that outlines, “… the structure and resources required to attract and host sport events that positively impact the Barrie brand and community…”
Along with Tourism Barrie and Sport Tourism Canada, the Metropolis of Barrie accomplished the Sport Tourism Technique which was then adopted by Barrie metropolis council on Oct. 23, 2024.
For extra info, go to barrie.ca/SportTourismStrategy.
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