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Whale-watching trends: Québec’s position in 2009

6 November 2009 Written by: Julianna Priskin

Whale watching is still the fastest growing sector of general wildlife tourism worldwide and this is important for Québec, since marine tourism is a lucrative activity. According to a recent report, 13 million people went whale watching in 119 countries in 2008, compared to 9 million in 87 countries in 1998.(1) In the past 10 [...]

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A portrait of Québec’s tourism sector in 2009 in its path towards sustainable development

14 May 2009 Written by: Julianna Priskin

The need to develop tourism based on sustainability principles is a part of a general tourism policy framework since 2005 in Québec(1) and most tourism sub-sectors also have set broad objectives based on this basis, including the Ski-doo Federation (2). Although sustainability is well accepted across Québec’s tourism sector, in practice it is not a [...]

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Opportunities and Issues in eco-adventure tourism in Quebec (Conference Report)

14 December 2005 Written by: Julianna Priskin

The eco-adventure sector of Quebec is comprised of small to medium sized businesses with vast variations in client numbers and profits and this year’s annual AÉQ* conference highlighted the numerous challenges facing this industry. These are not radically different from those in other developed countries, but are typical of an emerging sector constrained by having [...]

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