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Apply Now! Export Travel Trade Program. Image of Cape Breton Highlands overlooking the ocean.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Apply Now! Get Support to Develop a Sales Strategy to Attract National and International Travellers

The Export Travel Trade Program offers one-on-one coaching to help businesses build sales partnerships with tour operators and travel agents so they can attract national and international visitors.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Registration Open for Atlantic Canada Showcase

The 2023 Atlantic Canada Showcase will be held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island October 2-4, 2023. Learn how you can participate.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

How to Crack the Profitable Facebook Ads Code

Join us on April 13 at 10am to learn how to deliver effective Facebook ads to grow your audience and increase sales.

Two people at the top of Franey Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Text reads Nova Scotia Your Ocean Playground.

Monday, March 6, 2023

New Marketing Campaign Aims to Build on Tourism Recovery

See the new ad campaign that aims to draw visitors to enjoy Canada’s ocean playground!

See 2022 Tourism Performance Statistics. Image of three people riding bicycles on a sunny day.

Friday, March 3, 2023

Strong Tourism Recovery in 2022

Tourism performance statistics for 2022 are now available and show strong signs of recovery.

A man and a woman sit on a window bench in a hotel room. There is a bed against the wall facing a dresser with a TV on top.

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

It’s Time to Register Your Tourism Accommodation

Webinar: 2023 Marketing Plans and Industry Opportunities Monday March 6 from 10-11am.

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Register for a First Look at Our 2023 Marketing Campaigns

See Tourism Nova Scotia's marketing plans and learn about opportunities to grow your business this year! Join us online on Monday, March 6.

People at the playground on the Halifax waterfront near the visitor information centre.

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Changes to Provincial Visitor Services

Tourism Nova Scotia has made changes to our contact centre and Halifax Waterfront visitor information centre operations.

Share Your Feedback in Tourism Nova Scotia's Annual Survey. Icon of a survey on a mobile phone.

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Share Your Input on Tourism Priorities

We’re looking for your feedback. Tourism Nova Scotia is conducting a survey of our tourism partners to inform our plans and priorities.

Tourism Nova Scotia

Tourism Nova Scotia works with communities and industry to attract visitors to the province and increase tourism revenues through experience and sector development, business coaching, marketing, and visitor servicing.

As a division of the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, Tourism Nova Scotia is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility across Nova Scotia and we support partners who share in this commitment.

Tourism Nova Scotia is located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq. We are all Treaty people.