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substantial revenues. “This year we believed that since we have a hard time finding data on tourism in Prescott-Russell, it was time to collect or find that data. The numbers we are presenting are real numbers frombusiness members,” saidMartin Lacelle during his presentation. “When it comes to festivals, like the Curd Festival in St-Albert, the Hawkesbury Bike Fest or smaller events like the Western Fes- tivals, together these events generated $3.2 million per year.That’s 130,000 festival goers coming to our area.” Bigger businesses like Beau’s All-Natural Brewery, the Calypso water park and the St-Albert Cheese Factory attract people, more than 1.3 million people to be exact, fromall over, but also help promote smaller businesses in the area. Tourism generated around $85 million in the region last year, according to businesses which aremembers
Martin Lacelle, director of Prescott-Rus- sell Tourism, presented the organization’s accomplishments and the status of tourism in the region. At the end of the presentation, it was clear that tourism is a force to be rec- konedwith for the economic development of Prescott-Russell as a whole. It was during the Rural Business Summit, held at the Alfred College onMarch 22, that Martin Lacelle took the stand as one of the main speakers of the event. With an annual budget of $687,000, including 250,000 com- ing directly from the UCPR, Martin Lacelle managed to tackle the difficult task of gain- ing visibility for Prescott-Russell Tourism (PRT) on social media. But before their social media blitz, many events that are already a success in the region have already generated
Martin Lacelle, directeur de Tourisme Prescott-Russell (TPRT), est venu présenter les efforts de son organisation lors du Sommet des affaires rurales qui a eu lieu au Collège d’Alfred les 22 et 23mars. Plus de 1,3million de personnes ont visité la région l’an passé et ont généré près de 85M$. Pasmoins de 88%des entreprisesmembres de TPRT disent avoir été positivement affectées par les activités de promotion de TPRT. —photo Maxime Myre
of Prescott-Russell Tourism. “In total, 88 per cent of our members
Probation arrest warrant The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) Squad asks residents in the Ottawa and sur- rounding areas to be on the watch for Christo- pher Raymond, 41, wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breach of parole. He is known to frequent the Ottawa and Cornwall regions in Ontario and the Gatineau and Oka/Akwasasne regions in Québec. He was sentenced to prison for possession of a weapon obtained through crime, obstructing justice, dangerous driving, fleeing from police, possession of illegal wea- pons, drug possession, and other offences. He is a 41-year-old Aboriginal, five-foot-nine, 175 pounds, with a fair complexion, brown eyes, and short black-and-grey hair. Anyone with informa- tion on his whereabouts or who sees him can call the ROPE Squad, toll-free, at 1-866-870- 7673, CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or 911. – Gregg Chamberlain Even though these numbers are great for a region of 80 000 residents, Lacelle and his team have launched an online marketing campaignwith the help of Katherine Levac, the St-Bernardin native comedian.The cam- paign consists of witty short videos of Levac going around various landmark locations and businesses. The business owners then have the chance to showcase their products and operations. acknowledged that the activities of Prescott- Russell Tourismhad a direct impact on their sales. Many businesses confirmed that a quarter of their new clients came to their commerce because of one of our many infor- mational tools available. In other words, our members gained around $2million because of our operations.”
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