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Tourism in the Beaver Hills Region
Outline
• Overview of Tourism in BHI• Current Tourism Initiatives• Future Tourism Research,
Planning, and Development Opportunities
Overview of Tourism inBeaver Hills Region
• Seamless integration with the BHI vision, mission, and guiding principles.
• Developing and managing tourism & recreation in an environmentally, socially/culturallysustainable mannerwhile optimizingeconomic benefitsfor communitieswithin the BHI region.
Overview of Tourism inBeaver Hills Region
• Sense of place based on natural capital
Overview of Tourism inBeaver Hills Region
• Heritage Appreciation Development Plan for the Beaver Hills
Overview of Tourism inBeaver Hills Region
• Unique highlights include:– Elk Island National Park– Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation
Area– Miquelon Lake Provincial Park– Natural Areas and ESAs– Ministik Lakes Game Bird Sanctuary– Beaverhill Lake
Overview of Tourism inBeaver Hills Region
• Other unique highlights:– Waskahegan Trail– Strathcona Wilderness Centre– Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village– Canadian Birkebeiner Ski Festival– Blackfoot Ultra Marathon– 2007 Western Canada Summer Games– – Ag/rural tourism– – Aboriginal tourism– – Ecotourism
Current Tourism Initiatives
• UofA Research– Examine economic values through
the identification of the benefits and costs of tourist travel and recreation activities that are common to Beaver Hills.
– Identify non-monetary values of tourism/recreation.
– Useful reference document to initiate discussion on planning policy and tourism/recreation development decisions.
Tourism Research, Planning,and Development Opportunities
• Assessment of existing and potential tourism/recreation operations (complementary to HA Dev Plan)– Spatial inventory of tourism/recreation activities,
operations and trails (GPS)– Inventory of trail plans, tourism/rec studies, policies,
plans, and bylaws impacting tourism/rec development– Identify tourism/rec opportunities and constraints– How can we promote and further develop appropriate
tourism/recreation in the BHI?– Map of existing and potential activities
and operations for planners
Tourism Research, Planning,and Development Opportunities
• What is the economic and non-monetary value of tourism and recreation in the BHI region?
• Feasibility analysis• BHI develop a vision and plan
to achieve defined tourism/recreation goals.
• BHI- a model for sustainable tourism development in Alberta??
Tourism in the Beaver Hills Region