Province of B.C. Launching Tourism Task Force to Reignite Tourism Sector

Thompson Okanagan
Written By TOTA Communications
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Ten business and industry leaders have been appointed to a new task force focused on reigniting B.C.’s tourism sector and enhancing its long-term competitiveness, including TOTA President & CEO Glenn Mandziuk.

The Province is allocating $50 million in the Economic Recovery Plan to implement new measures that result from the Tourism Task Force’s work. The Tourism Task Force will:

  • Seek innovative and creative ideas from stakeholders, experts and the public about how to help B.C.’s tourism industry recover in the short, medium and long term.

  • Solicit input on how the industry can become more sustainable in the future.

  • Present a final report to the minister by Dec. 31, 2020.

B.C. Tourism Task Force Members

Members of the Tourism Task Force have varied backgrounds including business, labour and the not-for-profit sector.

  • Tamara Vrooman, president and CEO, Vancouver International Airport (chair);

  • Walt Judas, CEO, Tourism Industry Association of BC;

  • Brenda Baptiste, chair, Indigenous Tourism BC;

  • Nancy Small, chair, BC Destination Management Organization Association, Tourism Richmond;

  • Ingrid Jarrett, president and CEO, BC Hotel Association;

  • Rod Harris, adjunct professor, Royal Roads University;

  • Glenn Mandziuk, vice-chair, Minister’s Tourism Engagement Council, and president and CEO, ‎Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association;

  • Richard Porges, interim president and CEO, Destination BC

  • Amy Thacker, chair, BC Tourism Regional Secretariat, and CEO, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association; and

  • a representative from the Labour sector, to be named.

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