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News and Resources for Nova Scotia's Tourism Industry

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Friday, March 13, 2020

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Updates & Resources

Get the latest information about COVID-19 and resources for industry partners, stakeholders and visitors.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Nova Scotia Tourism Businesses in the Spotlight

From sold- out experiences to national awards, Nova Scotia’s tourism industry is making headlines!

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Workshop: Grow Your Business with Experiences

Learn about opportunities to expand your tourism business by creating experiences that attract customers. Join us on March 5 at the Fundy Geological Museum.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

2019 Novel Coronavirus Update

Tourism Nova Scotia is actively monitoring the novel coronavirus. See our update.

Friday, February 7, 2020

Workshop: Building Your Business with Overseas and US Visitors

Join us for a workshop on March 10 in Yarmouth to discover how you can grow your business by working with travel agents and tour operators to attract visitors from international markets. Registration required.

Friday, January 31, 2020

UK Region Looks to Nova Scotia for Best Practices in Culinary Tourism

A team from Yorkshire, UK, visited Nova Scotia looking for best practices for leveraging lobster to encourage longer stays and more spending by visitors.

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Nova Scotia to Celebrate First Official Lobster Day on February 28

The province has proclaimed February 28 as Nova Scotia Lobster Day.

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Important Notice for Accommodation Operators Regarding Accommodations Licensing

An important update regarding tourism accommodations licensing.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Communities, Culture and Heritage Accepting Applications for Festival and Events Program

The deadline to apply for the Festival & Community Event Development Program is February 28.

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.