2008 Canadian Badlands Best Practices Mission

Learnings

• Effective partnering

• Enhancing and invigorating downtowns

• Building products and destinations

• Government and tourism development

Mission goals

Key learnings• Building a successful

destination• Partnerships• Using events to

promote the destination

• Compatible commercial operations support attractions

• Tourism industry collaboration

• Community support; staff and entrepreneurial excellence

• Government programs can enhance tourism development

Keys to building a successful destination

Partnerships

http://www.amishcountry.org/outgoing/?to_address=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quiltgardenstour.com&title=Quilt%20Gardens%20Tour

Using events to promote the destination

Compatible commercial operations support

attractions

Tourism industry collaboration

Community support; staff and entrepreneurial

excellence

Government programs can enhance tourism

development

Other learnings…

Fair Oaks Farms

Das Dutchmen Essenhaus

Northern Indiana Destination Marketing

Organization

http://www.northernindianagetaways.com/sitelink/index.cfm?contentID=261

Vevay

Madison

Questions?