The Resource-Based Tourism Unit is responsible for heightening the competitiveness and growth of Ontario's resource-based tourism industry through:

• promoting activities that protect, diversify and enhance industry potential on Crown lands and waters;
• encouraging the industry to flourish in both an ecologically and economically sustainable manner;
• improving the business climate to stimulate new job creation and investment;
  
• facilitating strategic alliances and partnerships with key stakeholders to maximize tourism business opportunities;
  
• meeting the legislative requirements of the Tourism Act and Regulation 1037 through the issuance of Resource-Based Tourism Establishment Licenses.

Tourism Marketing Opportunities

Resource-based tourism involves the use and enjoyment of the natural environment and resources on Crown lands and waters, including but not limited to activities such as hunting, fishing, visiting provincial parks and conservation reserves, camping, canoeing, hiking, snowmobiling, and wildlife viewing.

The Government of Ontario has recognized the importance of the resource-based tourism industry in Ontario through the directions provided by the Cabinet-approved Resource-Based Tourism Policy in February 1997.

A copy of the policy can be viewed by clicking on this link: Resource Based Tourism Policy 

Other resource-based tourism documents can be viewed by clicking on the following links:

• An Economic Profile of Resource Based Tourism in Ontario - 2001
• Economic Impact of Resource Based Tourism in Northern Ontario- 1999
• Economic Impact of Resource Based Tourism in Northern Ontario- 1996
• Resource Based Tourism Establishments Map
• The Management Guidelines for Forestry and Resource-Based Tourism

 

If you are seeking to obtain, modify or transfer a Resource-Based Tourism Licence, please click here.

For information on Resource Stewardship Agreements, click here.

Ministry of Tourism
Resource-Based Tourism Unit
199 Larch Street, Suite 401
Sudbury, ON P3E 6A5
Toll-free: 1-800-462-9906 (anywhere in Ontario)
Telephone: (705) 494-4159
Fax: (705) 494-4086
E-mail: resourcebasedtourism@ontario.ca