Southwest
Regional Tourism Map Project
Action Southwest in
partnership with tourism leaders, tourism industry associations,
and federal, provincial and municipal government representatives
have implemented a project to begin growing the tourism industry
in southwest Saskatchewan. The project encompassed the creation
of a regional tourism map that would connect the visitor to
southwest communities and provide a promotional tool for the
region’s 100 plus key tourism destinations and for the
region as a whole.
The Action Southwest
regional map project has offered, for the first time, a tool
for marketing and creating linkages among all communities in
the region, an opportunity to market all of our key tourism
destinations, an opportunity to allow the retention of local
tourism dollars to each community, an opportunity to build more
partnerships through packaging promotions…..an opportunity
to be proud of all the southwest has to offer!
In September 2006
the Map Committee passed the project on to private enterprise
to continue with its development. Mooseworld Inc. will
now be developing the Great Southwest Tourism Map under the
guidance of the Map Committee.
In 2006 the Great
Southwest Map Team was recognized for their outstanding achievement
and contribution to the growth of the tourism industry in Saskatchewan
by becoming a finalist in Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence.
Status:
The 2007 edition was distributed in June and 2008 is
already in the planning stages.
Special thanks to
all the following partnering organizations and private businesses:
Tourism
Action Team
Chairperson:
Ken Skibsted – General Manger, Sask Landing Golf Resort
Leaders /
Support:
- Sandra Blyth – Project Manager, Action Southwest
- Karen Bonesky – Manager, South West Centre for Entrepreneurial
Development
- Cees Brouwer – Owner, The Gravelbourg Inn & CeesBro
Digitalservice
- Sonja Dahlman – Red Coat REDA
- Lee Friesen, Owner, Mooseworld Inc.
- Keleah Herron, General Manager, Southwest REDA
- Dale Hope – Owner, Anchor Marina
- Ken Jensen – Owner, The Crossing Resort
- Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel – EDO, Town of Mossbank
- Ida-Mae Leek – Administrator, RM of Gull Lake
- John Parker – General Manager, Southwest REDA
- Connie Redekop – Owner, Marnie’s Coffee Shop
- Dianne Sletten – Regional Development Coordinator,
Saskatchewan Rural Development
- George Driscoll – Map Designer, Southwest Booster
- Shane Haughian – Map Designer, Southwest Booster
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