During last night`s regular meeting, council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish approved a recommendation for the April 22 committee of the whole meeting to approve an increase to its tourism, budget to $70,000 annually for a period of four years and endorse a partnership agreement with the Antigonish Tourism Association.
Arisaig Provincial Park (Ken Kingston photo)
Warden Nicholas MacInnis explained council hired a firm to complete a tourism strategy over the last 12 months.
MacInnis said tourism is important for Antigonish, noting there is a lot of offer in the area with restaurants, accommodations, beaches, sports, and other things bringing people to the area. Based on the consultant`s report the county received, noted the warden, the money spent on promoting tourism in Antigonish will come back more than double.