Over the last three-years, Nova Scotia has seen challenging impacts from forest fires, floods and storms and this online workshop is designed to support tourism businesses and operators with business continuation. 

Hosted by Tourism Nova Scotia (TNS) in collaboration with the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS)  this session will be practical, tourism-specific and grounded in real-world crisis experience, with provincial context supplied by the Nova Scotia Department of Emergency Management.

Crisis Management in Tourism Online Workshop
Date: Tuesday, March 24 | 2:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Corrine Bundschuh with Event Buse Consulting in British Columbia.
Register: Email training@tourism.ca

This interactive virtual workshop will include the following topics, designed for tourism operators to learn about:

• crisis communications in tourism;
• the role of operators vs. official response agencies;
• communication tools for operators;
• aligning messages with official sources without amplifying confusion and
• visitor-facing communication principles during disruptions.

Related links: 

Support for Emergency Response
http://tourismns.ca/tourism-business-tools-resources/support-emergency-response

Resilience in Tourism - Adapting to Climate Change
https://tourismns.ca/tourism-business-tools-resources/adapting-climate-change