Requirements
This award celebrates initiatives in which tourism is not just promotion or visitation but a catalyst for broader economic outcomes, including investment attraction, downtown revitalization, job creation, and sector diversification.
What This Award Recognizes
Eligible submissions may include, but are not limited to:
- Tourism-driven downtown revitalization initiatives
- Destination development strategies
- Indigenous cultural tourism projects
- Tourism-led investment attraction campaigns
- Post-disaster tourism recovery programs
- Workforce development tied to tourism growth
- Event-based economic development strategies
- Tourism infrastructure projects
- Sector diversification using tourism
- Community branding linked to economic development
Criteria
| Criterion | |
|---|---|
| Collaboration & Partnerships | |
| Alignment with Economic Goals | |
| Content Quality & Clarity | |
| Innovation & Creativity | |
| Measurable Impact | |
| Replicability | |
| Overall Contribution | |
| Would you consider this project a best practice example? |
