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January 11, 2000
(Tourism, Culture and Recreation)


Deadline for Attractions Canada Awards program approaching

Charles Furey, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, today announced that the deadline for the 2000 Attractions Canada Awards program is January 17, 2000. This is the second year of this national initiative by Attractions Canada, a Montreal-based group, which partners with the Canadian Tourism Commission, the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, Canadian Heritage and others to promote and showcase activities, events and other attractions in an effort to encourage Canadians to travel and discover their country. The awards program provides the public and industry with an opportunity to nominate provincial attractions and sites for national recognition.

"The deadline for nominations is quickly approaching, and I would like to encourage both industry and the public to get involved and nominate one of the many outstanding provincial sites. Newfoundland and Labrador is home to a diversity of high quality and exciting sites, and this provides a great opportunity to expose and promote them to the country and the world," said Mr. Furey.

There are six categories for which provincial winners will be named, and these winners will then be submitted to a national competition. The categories include outdoor sites, indoor sites, cultural events, sports events, new attractions, and national or international attractions. National winners will be used in Attractions Canada awareness campaigns for the ensuing year, and bring invaluable and high profile visibility to the attraction and the province.

The deadline for applications is January 17, 2000 and may be obtained from

Sandy Hickman
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
P.O. Box 8700
St. John�s, NF
A1B 4J6
ph: (709) 729-5260
fax: (709) 729-0870

Provincial winners for 1999 were:

Cape St. Mary�s Ecological Reserve
The Ryan Premises (Bonavista)
Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival (St. John�s)
ITU World Cup Triathlon (Corner Brook)
Viking Encampment (L�Anse aux Meadows)
The Insectorium (Deer Lake).

Media contact: Mary MacNab, Communications, (709) 729-0928.

2000 01 11 2:20 p.m.


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