Funding opportunity from the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC).
The overall goal of this program is to assist Canadian Indigenous tourism businesses with expertise and funding support to improve their market/export readiness in order to have the opportunity to gain greater market awareness, larger volumes of visitors and sustainable business growth.
The program is intended to assist multiple Indigenous tourism businesses from as many of the 13 provinces and territories as possible.
There are limited funds available and therefore the funding amount for any one applicant will be to a maximum of $10,000.
As part of the process to apply for this funding, this form will ask you to describe the project for which you need funding assistance. The project must demonstrate that the funding will help your Indigenous tourism business move towards being more market/export ready. To learn more about market/export ready standards, please review the “National Guidelines for Indigenous Tourism” by clicking the link here.
Your project plan could include (for example):
Important: your proposed project must be completed before March 31, 2019. Projects that fall outside this timeline will not be considered.
Eligibility to this program is restricted to Canadian Indigenous tourism businesses that are at least 51% Indigenous owned or controlled and who operate within one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada.
The application process is designed to take you through a series of questions with an online application form. Please respond with the best information you have to help us determine how we can best invest the available support funding.
In this application, you are able to go back by clicking the button on the bottom of the page.
Your responses will be sent to us once you have completed the form and clicked the “submit” button on the final page.
The project must be completed before March 31, 2019. Successful applicants will be responsible for reporting back to ITAC regarding the project process, result and financial details of the funding investment.
Deadline to Submit Applications: Friday, September 28, 2018 @ 4:30 PM Pacific
If you have questions, or need assistance with the online form, please contact: development@indigenoustourism.